MLBTR Logo Contest

i see that you ditched the first part of the slogan. honestly, i dont think its needed,as people can figure out pretty quickly what the site is for. and its popular enough that people know what its for. good pick.

Dude, that's hot.

It looks nice as a header image for a blog. Doesn't really strike me as an effective logo though.

Tim,
I'm not trying to be a pain, but if I had known you wanted a banner, I would've designed a banner and not a logo for you. Either way, it's your site, and a great one at that. Keep up the good work.

I like it, good luck with the new design, I already want to see it

I hate to say it Tim, but that is extremely ameteur. I hope you didn't pay more than $10 for it, because frankly, it's not worth even that :( The other was much much better and professional.

Thanks! For instance- although these fonts are free for personal use- this font happens to be from "28 Days Later" which was designed by Jens R. Ziehn of Filmhimmel. They design movie fonts. Which means although you can use them for fun- Movie companies or Filmhimmel own the copyrights.

I'm not saying people will be up in arms about you using it. It's just kind of shady because in essence you're stealing.

But those are your own demons. The site still rocks, I just thought I would give you the low down on amateurish "banner design" and the trouble it can cause.

Actually, "personal use" is for private use only. Which means broadcasting on a highly trafficked website pretty much contradicts that. He doesn't have to be selling it for it to be infringement.

Anyway the point is someone made that font and spent a good time of effort on it. Ripping off someone's work and calling it your own logo without permission is wrong and it' stealing.

Like I said, I'm not saying anything will happen, I'm just saying from a designers stance if someone jacked my work, I'd be pissed. Especially if it looked as bad as this one.

Unfortunately a website is considered a "published work" and therefore is no longer considered for personal use. Mock ups and drafts are acceptable.

I don't mean to overreact. I'm just amazed that someone just won 100 bucks and literally jacked other's people's work and called it his own. Oh well.

The reason why people put up free fonts for personal use online is so that you use them for free, then eventually want to use them for something like this and have to buy them from the artist. If you use fonts or images without the owner's permission, you get sued. Tim clearly stated in the contest description about images of players, but left out the same restrictions on fonts. It's not something that everyone thinks of. I'll guess and say that the people opposed to the banner design and those arguing the copyright issue are designers who know their facts. If we didn't, we'd be out of jobs. We all love this sight and that is why I don't want it to come across any legal issues.

The only real problem I see with using this image as your logo is that you are really limited in terms of usage. This will work well for the website header and maybe that is all you need it for. However, a logo should be able to work as a separate identity. If you ever need to use this banner in other areas (advertising, letterhead, business cards, apparel, etc.) you may find yourself very limited. I'm not trying to argue the decision, just giving you something to think about for future use. Can't wait for the new site!

Hey guys, I'm happy to see that most of you like it.

To the few stressing about permissions, everything you see on the banner was created by myself, or used with permission from it's creator. Tim and I have discussed this, and i have supplied him with sources, as noted above.