As you will have noticed we have moved to a new design, we decided on a change as this new design allows more information on the front page while being easy to read at a glance instead of having to scroll through news of different lengths. I promise there wont be any more changes! There are a few new features to the site, the main change is we are now using IntenseDebates as our commenting system. With this comes easier signing in through Facebook, Twitter, OpenID etc but you can continue to ‘guest post’ if you want to.
One of the last things on the todo list is a new logo. This is where you come in, if you have any ideas for a logo please reply below. You do not need to draw anything, although if you can that would be great, just post some suggestions to give us some general ideas. I will check out your suggestions in a few days time and pass them over to a designer to see if he can work his magic.
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I thought that the whole "beginning of the end" thing kinda reminds of the whole biblical "I am the alpha and the omega" thing, beginning and end: http://z.about.com/d/christianity/1/0/Y/2/Christi...
Despite being a bit too religious, the alpha and the omega would fit nicely into a gAmergeddOn logo, if you get my point.
What about a dragon or some beast behind the name, shooting flames across it?
The only thing I would recommend is that you have something that represents your site incorporated into your logo. As your site is based around Xbox 360, then you should have something 360-ish in there.
For example, when I started my forums up to compliment my site, I simply had a logo that read 'NXE Wallpapers' in the centre of my banner. It became apparent as time went on that not everyone realised what the site was for. To me, the letters 'NXE' were obvious – the NXE dashboard on the Xbox 360. To anyone without and Xbox however, the letters mean whatever they want them to mean. So anyway, to really hit home what the forums were about, I ended up sticking 'Xbox 360' over the top of the 'NXE Wallpapers' title, and a Big Daddy and Tank and Boomer on either end of the banner!
I guess a long story short here is that people move around the internet extremely fast, and rarely stop to check something out unless it immediately takes their interest. In light of this, your logo should not only be eye-catching, but also represent what it is that you do on the site.
Hope this helps in some way!