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Matthew Chan

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Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« on: January 10, 2012, 06:44:56 PM »
Hey, everyone. I have been mulling this over for months now but I really am not sure which way to go.  Could you do me a favor and take this poll and give some feedback?

I know it seems like a silly exercise but if you can humor me and read the dialog below before making a rash decision.
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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2012, 07:01:49 PM »
How about "Members of the ELI Defense Team?" 
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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2012, 07:08:15 PM »
I concur with OM, in keeping it more "respected / professional" as it were...

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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2012, 07:09:45 PM »
Oscar, I suspected I was pushing the envelope with you on this one. LOL.  You know me, I am into imagery (no pun intended).  Maybe we have to exclude you from the name and give you a special title altogether.

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How about "Members of the ELI Defense Team?"
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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2012, 07:17:52 PM »
I sense a mutiny building.  LOL.  The "problem" I see is we are almost too serious and I think imagery is important to break into mainstream press.  We want other websites to "identify" us easily.  We have the ELI name but we need to create an easy to recognize symbol for it.  (Do we have a graphic artist in our community?) What we do is too abstract and esoteric for many people to understand.  I am not trying to "dumb" things down drastically but I want people to recognize us as doing more than just "playing defense".  I believe we are also fighters/warriors/whatever in the larger cause.

While there is a bit of humor here, there is also a greater objective I am trying to achieve with this. Obviously, I am simply get some feelers on this before doing anything.

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I concur with OM, in keeping it more "respected / professional" as it were...

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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2012, 07:59:15 PM »
Ok "mutiny" aside, my first honest thought was the same..."What's wrong with ELI Defense Team".
 :D

I did like buddhapi's "Extortion Extinguishers". I could see a fireman figure with a hose in hand!
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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2012, 08:23:42 PM »
While it is descriptive, it is boring and entirely abstract.  It was something I came up with quickly to get started. It was a "placeholder" name until I could come up with something more colorful that is more media and visually friendly.

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Ok "mutiny" aside, my first honest thought was the same..."What's wrong with ELI Defense Team".
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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2012, 08:36:27 PM »
I like Oscars too but then...

This one made me smile...

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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2012, 10:07:08 PM »
I can help with any graphics, Matt.

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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2012, 10:44:01 PM »
Honestly I like "Members of the ELI Defense Team" too.

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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2012, 10:59:50 PM »
SG:   I had been toying with the idea of creating a character named "Eli" to represent the site as a logo/mascot. I pictured a smallish, bookish type of person somewhere between Harry Potter and Where's Waldo. While I get Matt's idea to perk up the concept, I think we lose some credibility if we get too campy (anyone ever see "Mystery Men") but a cartoonish logo of a bespectacled librarian type who shields people from spurious claims might be a happy compromise What do you guys think?
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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2012, 11:09:39 PM »
Quote from: Oscar Michelen on January 10, 2012, 10:59:50 PM
SG:   I had been toying with the idea of creating a character named "Eli" to represent the site as a logo/mascot. I pictured a smallish, bookish type of person somewhere between Harry Potter and Where's Waldo. While I get Matt's idea to perk up the concept, I think we lose some credibility if we get too campy (anyone ever see "Mystery Men") but a cartoonish logo of a bespectacled librarian type who shields people from spurious claims might be a happy compromise What do you guys think?

I think "ELI" and the concept is cool. Just another thought.....
Since we are being invaded by the "robots", what if "ELI" was also a robot? Just a thought.
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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2012, 11:24:21 PM »
Oscar's idea is quite interesting.  Also like the robot idea.
But, the character simply must have a machine gun.  (just kidding).
Too bad the "Angry Birds" have already been invented.

I also like the style of "The Incredibles":
http://pds.egloos.com/pds/1/200412/27/96/b0048496_3161680.jpg
(this link does not infringe, by the way).

Too bad the acronym "CSI" is already taken...
How about the "ELI Defense Protocol"?  lol.

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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2012, 08:27:44 AM »
perhaps something with "Champions" not as in that we're the champs, but more like we are championing the cause, I also like the idea of a Mascot named Eli. I know a couple of graphics artist that I'll be speaking with, to see if they will be willing to donate a couple of hours to mock something up
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Re: Name for Members of the ELI Defense Team
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2012, 09:01:46 AM »
Quote from: Peeved on January 10, 2012, 11:09:39 PM
I think "ELI" and the concept is cool. Just another thought.....
Since we are being invaded by the "robots", what if "ELI" was also a robot? Just a thought.
Picking up on the stray-- Matt, do you use anything like use ZBblock?  Since getting my Getty letter, I've been trying to figure out a good solution to both make it more difficult and time and resource consuming for the picture scrapers (including picscout) and other bots to prowl my site. (That is-- more time and resource intensive for the bots, less for my site.)
I've finally managed to get things under control.  It involves using cloudflare, ZBblock and a script to autobann that I wrote. I could install it for you. (But you'd have to trust me because it requires getting on a server.)
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