Diane
Award 4 "New Tribe" - New month, new
challenge. The tribes merge and need a new name and a new
logo. I thought about this long and hard one night and the
next morning my waking thought was "Straycats". I made up a
logo with a stray cat strolling through a brushed metal
window. Nobody liked this as much as I did, and since we
all voted on each other's work, there was no way I was
doing more than staying alive in this round. The logo that
was head and shoulders above the others visually was the
glistening red apple with the sword through it, from former
Tiger John Gebhardt. His tribe name, Cybernauts, also
gained the most votes.
However, it took us all a while to get used to the fact
that the Lions and Tigers were no more. An IM from Jim one
day summed it up poignantly: "I guess you are the enemy
now".
John
Following the MacLion council there were 8
survivors remaining and the Host of Castillo felt that it
was time for a merger. A single tribe would be formed and
of course this presented an opportunity for a new
challenge. The objectives of the contest were to 1) create
a name for the new tribe and 2) create a logo for the
tribe. Six of the players submitted names and five
submitted logos. You can see our efforts
here. In this case I was the fortunate
(and unexpected) winner in both categories. I chose
the name Cybernauts to describe our "nautical"
adventures in the cyberworld. My idea for the logo was
supported by the need for Appleness and some symbol of
adventure and conquest. We had used a "magical" sword
in the game against the ghouls of Bagara and I felt
that our Host had an affinity for swords (Excalibur,
Merlin etc) as well. You can see logo proudly
displayed on the banner of these web pages.