MHH New Logo Contest
by Mike @ MHH on Sep 19, 2011 9:04 AM MDT
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PrintUPDATE: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND WE'RE DONE.
MHH's overlords have conferred and decided that we'd like to explore the possibility of a new logo for the site. What's the site's current logo you ask? It's that picture up in the left hand corner of the site of the dude skating on Mary Poppins boots with matching mittens in front of a giant pile of cocaine. Some of us feel pretty strongly that the logo needs a fresher, more current vibe to go with the massive roster turnover on the team, the new blood on the site, and the fact that some of us have never liked the original logo. So in classic Mile High Hockey fashion we've decided to have our extremely talented membership do the work for us! To that end, we've come up with an awesome logo contest. The OFFICIAL RULES for the contest are located here and I direct anybody considering entering the contest to read them in full. Join us after the jump for the full story...
Here's the short version of the rules:
- Submit your logo candidate via my email address (Mike @ MHH) at the bottom of the page. Submissions via comments, Fanshots, Fanposts, to other members of the editorial/writing staff, to other SBN blogs, via USPS, carrier pigeon, indentured red-headed supermodel, etc. will not be considered.
- Those submitting a logo candidate must be members in good standing (Hi Thomas!) of Mile High Hockey.
- All new logo candidates have to be submitted by 10 pm ET of the 19st day of the 9th month (Sept. 19, 2011) for consideration.
- The top three candidates chosen by the editorial/writing staff will be unveiled on Sept. 21st. We may even have a poll to see what the most popular candidate is!! Exciting!
- Your votes will definitely factor into the decision, but ultimately an extremely lopsided consideration will be given to the editorial/writing staff's opinions (Joe's vote counts for 33 votes).
- We'll announce the winner (if there is one) on October 7th and (hopefully) roll out the new logo for Opening Night on the 8th!!
- The winner will receive internet immortality in the form of a blurb in our "About This Blog" box on the front page, some Arby's Gift Certificates (purchased by yours truly), a coffee mug commerating one of MHH's awesome memes, and an Avalanche T-shirt.
- All submissions (winners and losers) become the property of MHH and SBN upon submission. This means that you won't get a cut of the 10's of dollars the site makes off of t-shirt and bumper sticker sales.
As for the logo design itself, here's a few things to keep in mind:
- The logo should be evocative of ice hockey, Denver and/or Colorado, the MHH community, the Mile High Hockey name, and of course, the Avalanche, not necessarily in that order.
- The logo CANNOT contain any copyrighted material: therefore no use of the Colorado Avalanche logos, wordmarks, etc.
- The logo CAN contain original artwork, photos, etc. or any open-source materiel.
- Submit the logo in .jpg or .gif file format for easy posting/viewing.
- The logo should work well in conjunction with the current site colors and aesthetic. We aren't revamping the whole site, just the logo. I know Carolina blue is awesome, but it's not gonna look good amongst all the burgundy and not-quite-pink on our current site template.
- Feel free to submit thumbnail versions (that are used throughout the SBN sites) of your logo IN ADDITION to you actual logo submission if you think it will help sway voting!
- Take a look around the other SBN websites and see how logos are done throughout the network. There are some obvious winners and losers. Try to emulate the winners.
- Logos that incorporate Howler will move to the top of my personal list...(of course, such an image would be ineligible due to trademark infringement, but whatever).
So there you go! Get those creative juices flowing and start working on those submissions to replace our current Traylor Arnason-based logo. Questions can be directed to the comment section, and although any answers I give may be totally contradictory, incomprehensible, and/or utter bullshit, you'll still be bound by the OFFICIAL RULES. Thanks in advance, guys and gals. I trust you will do great work and kick off the upcoming season in high style.
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Holy crap you have to be a damn genius to read all the rules and understand them. No wonder you guys are to damn lazy to think up a logo yourselves and you even have Andidee’s photo shop skills going for you.
I don’t have an idea yet. I’ve actually been thinking about it for a few months, and nothing has struck me.
Just a Colorado girl in Montana who <3s the Avs.
I have an idea, but the timing of this is terrible considering the mess I’m in.
School starts Monday, I was able to get into my room last Wednesday, and the teacher before left a fraking mess and no supplies to start the year with.
Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.
Thanks for everything Foppa!
Footer: We'll miss seeing you clear the riff raff off your lawn.
by Americanario on Aug 27, 2011 9:34 AM MDT up reply actions
Now we know where Joe's been.
Writing the damned rules!
2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: Hugging the cap floor and waiting on their revenue share, because hey, billionaires need welfare too!
That’s the reason for the crib notes, hahaha
It's all about the A-
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 26, 2011 9:04 PM MDT up reply actions
You know it wasn’t Mike or AJ. It probably took Mike most of the night to write the summary. Having to stop and keep wiping the Arby’s sauce off of the keyboard slowed him down alot.
Whaaa?
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
Mile High Hockey : Where B- is different than C+
by A.J. Haefele on Aug 27, 2011 7:53 AM MDT up reply actions
you wouldn’t have times to write the rules, not with the hours spent gaming and reading about gaming and watching videos on the internet about gaming.
/reading this while waiting for MLG to start >_>
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
Mile High Hockey : Where B- is different than C+
by A.J. Haefele on Aug 27, 2011 8:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Maybe
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 26, 2011 9:30 PM MDT reply actions
mine might look suspiciously like a picture of my junk.
Available for a 3rd round pick.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 26, 2011 10:42 PM MDT reply actions
This isn’t a blog about Brett Favre.
We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.
by Bob in Boulder on Aug 29, 2011 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Can Canadian’s join this as well? It doesn’t say anything about if it’s only restricted to Americans?
Paul Stastny did, what Paul Stastny does. Score big goals.
Hugo is correct
It’s open to legal residents of the US and Canada (excluding Quebec)
August sucks.
by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 27, 2011 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions
The general feeling I get from most of the people on the site is that they really prefer Howler over Bernie, what do you guys say?
I mean, would Bernie be cool if he was all rabid and frothing or is Howler still infinitely cooler?
by THEKINGOFHOCKEY on Aug 26, 2011 10:49 PM MDT reply actions
The new logo should include a yeti…
"It's not my fault I never learned to accept responsibility."-Woody Paige
http://ilovetheyeti.blogspot.com/
Vancouver Canucks reach Stanley Cup Finals: city riots, causing millions of dollars' worth of damage.
Joe Sakic makes a hole-in-one: saves lives of cancer patients.
"God I'm excited for those two to fail miserably." - SBNation writer Andrew Sharp on Josh McDaniels and Tim Tebow.
The Number Zero, aiming squarely for the groin. DSB Record: 1-3-0
by Tempestuous Binary on Aug 26, 2011 11:22 PM MDT up reply actions
I have plenty of logo ideas, and none of the talent required to make them.
Vancouver Canucks reach Stanley Cup Finals: city riots, causing millions of dollars' worth of damage.
Joe Sakic makes a hole-in-one: saves lives of cancer patients.
"God I'm excited for those two to fail miserably." - SBNation writer Andrew Sharp on Josh McDaniels and Tim Tebow.
The Number Zero, aiming squarely for the groin. DSB Record: 1-3-0
by Tempestuous Binary on Aug 26, 2011 11:27 PM MDT reply actions
What’s wrong with giant piles of cocaine?
"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck" -Obi Wan Kenobi
I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink
to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and
sticks when they've invented the lighter?
I can’t use any photo stuff, but here’s an idea…. A stripper airline stewardess, in blue and burgundy lingerie, on skates, with drinks in one hand and free autographed jerseys in the other, and you can keep the piles of cocaine in the background. Oh wait, that was for “Mile High Club Hockey”
"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck" -Obi Wan Kenobi
I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink
to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and
sticks when they've invented the lighter?
Be sure to use images from the public domain. For example, this public domain image of Bonnie and Clyde would make a great jumping-off place for a logo design.
That just screams “Mile High Hockey,” doesn’t it?
Bonnie looks like she had an eating disorder.
Low-cut blouses are looked down upon in this establishment.
Or, you know, like the Depression and stuff…
2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: Hugging the cap floor and waiting on their revenue share, because hey, billionaires need welfare too!
It’s not that the official rules are hard to read. It’s that they take up about a mile of screen space. No one can read awyer language for that long.
It's all about the O'
Random thought
For some reason I’m thinking of the old “A” crest that would float down from the rafters of McNichols. And then… red lightning bolts would shoot towards it.
"Put stick on ice, put puck in net"
by HeyPeterman on Aug 27, 2011 12:49 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
A $20 Arby’s gift card? I thought the prize was supposed to be a reward, not punishment…
This season is pucked
Does it come with sauce?
"It's all about the $"
Lawn defender since... crap, I can't remember.
by Busted Twigg on Aug 27, 2011 9:49 PM MDT up reply actions
we’re going to stipulate that you are not allowed to buy sauce with it
I am the most humble blogger of all time
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 28, 2011 1:30 PM MDT up reply actions
And that we want to see pics of you smooshing it.
It's all about the A-
by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 28, 2011 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Whoa Whoa Whoa, wait a second?
Arby’s sauce costs money now? I usually just walk in, take a dump in the bathroom, take a handful of packets of Arbys sauce and leave.
Maybe
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 28, 2011 2:07 PM MDT up reply actions
So far we have one entry. Get on it, slackers!!
If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!
What? I’m still reading the rules dude.
Available for a 3rd round pick.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 29, 2011 9:28 AM MDT up reply actions
I like my bottle cap floor chances.
Maybe
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 29, 2011 11:04 AM MDT up reply actions
What do you think of my entry:
Notice how my howler has a moustache.
Available for a 3rd round pick.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 29, 2011 11:57 AM MDT up reply actions 3 recs
It’s like my evil twin blog. Although with Red Wing Dave on staff you should probably make the skater with Wings colors.
Maybe
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Aug 29, 2011 12:26 PM MDT up reply actions
and make the dog look a bit more like cujo.
Available for a 3rd round pick.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 29, 2011 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Feel free to use that.
Chip, I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey!
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Sep 20, 2011 8:54 AM MDT up reply actions
Does anyone have a photo of that Video Lock Player? He was awesome.
Available for a 3rd round pick.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 29, 2011 12:02 PM MDT reply actions
With 5 hours left, I have some ideas for the Photoshop masters out there...
1) A huge yeti towering over a Detroit skyline with buildings on fire.
2) A St. Bernard eating an octopus, which is wearing the Red and White of the Red Wings.
3) Find a picture of an actual Avalanche… Then add an Octopus, a duck, a king, a coyote, a saxophone, and wild cat to the scene, being devoured by the avalanche.
Colorado College Hockey, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rockies fan to the death.
"If you can't accept losing, You can't win." -Vince Lombardi
1) A huge yeti towering over a Detroit skyline with buildings on fire.
I’m liking this. One small request though: Frickin’ lazer beams shooting out the Yeti’s eyes. Hence the firey Detroit.
I need a drink, please.
by MalachiConstant on Sep 19, 2011 3:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Better yet,
a guinea pig on the yeti’s shoulder blowin’ shit up with a laser gun.
2011-2012 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Vyechnaya Pamyat!
2011-2012 Colorado Avalanche: The possibility exists that this may not suck.
Thanks Hopf. Now, if Lawinengefahr is not somehow involved in the final product, I will be extremely, extremely disappoint.
I need a drink, please.
by MalachiConstant on Sep 19, 2011 3:35 PM MDT up reply actions
I did not use it. I did use Joe Sakic…er…a generic player….
Chip, I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey!
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Sep 20, 2011 8:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Wasn’t one of the groundrules that it had to contain an Arby’s logo?
We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.
But I thought it could not contain copyrighted material. So I would have to buy Arby’s first right?
Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.
Thanks for everything Foppa!
Footer: We'll miss seeing you clear the riff raff off your lawn.
by Americanario on Sep 19, 2011 5:36 PM MDT up reply actions
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by BraxtanFILM on Sep 19, 2011 10:01 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Welp, glad I managed to work the guinea pig into mine. The king has such good ESP. Or just knows the memes of this site a bit too well.
by THEKINGOFHOCKEY on Sep 20, 2011 3:25 AM MDT reply actions
So, where’s the beef?
Chip, I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey!
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Sep 20, 2011 11:28 AM MDT reply actions
The top three candidates chosen by the editorial/writing staff will be unveiled on Sept. 21st
I am the most humble blogger of all time
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Sep 20, 2011 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
(but maybe delayed)
I am the most humble blogger of all time
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Sep 20, 2011 5:25 PM MDT up reply actions
This isn’t a toothpaste blog.
We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.
by Bob in Boulder on Sep 20, 2011 6:08 PM MDT up reply actions
F’ing tease.
We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.
by Bob in Boulder on Sep 20, 2011 6:07 PM MDT up reply actions
I WANT TO KNOW OUR NEW LOGO!!!!
A man who stole my whisky used the defense that no one could resist a bottle of Scotch. I had no choice but to testify on his behalf.
12:01 AM. I expect it to happen.
I need a drink, please.
by MalachiConstant on Sep 20, 2011 8:30 PM MDT up reply actions
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