Huh? What about those pics... So what.

Drumcode, clueless or what? DanielH's avatar looks like MacGyver. Duh.

That's almost perfect!

Is this for the Max Filter contest?
What about adding Whirl and some of the artistic filters? And I totally agree that you should add some light based filters.

Are you trying to make it look worse in spite? Can't read this one any better than the first one.

And it's not MacGuyver! Gosh!!!!

What is wrong with something simple like this?

This is too simple. That is a work of 2 minutes for me. It is nothing special. Do you see any characteristics in your logo? Anyway, I don't think you would seriously prefer your suggestion... if you do so, you are one of 999 on 1000 people who don't spend any time on details.

Standard. Do you understand? I don't do standard things. ( I am exaggerating a bit, this is not meant to sound arrogant )

Just take a close look. You see a lot of colors. What could it mean? Wide spectrum? Taking care of details? You see a laser beam. What coudl it mean? Precision? Power? Last but not least regard the type of font. Does it look calm to you? Or maybe loaded with action? In other words: Fun?

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Revolution Gameplay - this may sound silly, but also very fluent to me. It is a very sharp word, indicating we are not copying anything that has been copied too often, but reflect about the gameplay.

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It's gotta have a red laser beam!
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Uhm, I should know that it hurts to be declared as the standard. This also applies to Steve. Do you know what children do when you ask them a thing they don't know anything about? They start to laugh. Unfortunately, even some adult people did not change in their behaviour while growing up.

Sigh You may go on doing the standard stuff. But always remember that it was the experimental way humans learned to reign the world with. I have to say that my first suggestion was really bad, but to be honest I cannot find a single reason why my second attempt should be bad. Me at least, I can read it clearly. Only because it is not simple? That is a very poor argument...

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Richard and I were posting at the same time...

I just want an argument that says why I have to make it simple. That's all.

There are a few:
- First and most important, the text is completelly ureadable.
- It hurts my eyes.
- It looks like a 2 minutes work (randomly clicked buttons in Photoshop).

That is meant by me when I am talking of the standard. Fashion is the death to individuality.

Kust giving you a simple example: In the 70's ( I think ) a concern named BC Rich produced extravagant guitars. The style was extremely aggressive and these guitars were everthing else than "in fashion". Some years later people discovered that although they were not in fashion, their design was not not THAT bad. And now? BC Rich is now fighting against Ibanez. They keep on going their line of individuality. And it is not easy for them.

Being in fashion is surely the safest way, but not always the best.

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I have trouble to refer to all these answers. I'll make it short: Oscar, so let me have a third try.

Your original logo has tons of things wrong with it. The more complexity you add, the more chance you have for error.

It's hard to go wrong with a simple logo. It's easy to go wrong with a complex logo. This is why people like simple logos. They are easy to remember and not distracting.

Having a 72pt font with weird stuff around it is crap. Unless you are an excellent designer, you will not be able to come up with a complex logo that is worth showing to anyone.