Free Tournament? Free Tournament? Free Tournament? On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:00 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> > On 6/20/20 6:10 PM, Reuben Staley via agora-discussion wrote: > > Due to a multitude of factors, I've noticed a lot of sentiment to > "rebrand" > > a bit. Along with this, I would like to raise the discussion of > potentially > > creating a new logo of sorts for Agora. The coat-of-arms has stood as our > > de-facto logo for years (on the website as well as in other places) but > its > > grays and browns are admittedly rather boring. I think a new logo could > do > > a lot for the way we're seen. Thoughts? > > > > -- > > Trigon > > I've always been a bit meh on its appearance personally. But I liked the > fact that, apropos to Agora, it could be formally defined in a specialized > language: > > Rule 2151/1 (Power=1) > Agoran Arms > > The escutcheon of Agora is defined by the following blazon: > Tierced palewise sable, argent, and sable, charged with a quill > and an axe in saltire, proper, and in the chief a capital letter > A, gules. > > Agora's adopted motto is "Agora n'est pas une fontaine." > > [Note (9 January 2009): A rendering of the escutcheon of Agora is at > <http://www.agoranomic.org/coat_of_arms.png>.] > > History: > Created by Proposal 5037 (Zefram, GreyKnight), 28 June 2007 > Amended(1) by Proposal 5285 (Goethe), 7 November 2007 > Repealed by Proposal 6392 (allispaul) 10 July 2009 > > > The Repeal Proposal beleow was interesting in terms of our conversation > now. It was controversial (6 voters FOR repeal, 6 voters AGAINST, carried > 17/14 due to voting strength). But its passage (and the tone of the > proposal) implies that it's no longer our coat of arms, and Agoranomic.org > is actually run by rogue monarchists: > > }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ > Proposal 6392 (Ordinary, AI=1.0, Interest=0) by allispaul > Arms Anarchy > > WHEREAS Agora has graced the world of Nomic with its presence for > nearly 16 years (1600 in Nomic years), and > > WHEREAS such a long-running Nomic SHOULD leave behind medieval > trappings, and SHOULD adopt a more modern culture, and > > WHEREAS Agora has a responsibility to the lesser Nomics to remove them > from the plagued darkness that now, even now, permeates the very cores > of their beings, and CAN only avail itself of this responsibility > through leadership, and CAN only lead by example, and > > WHEREAS nobody even uses shields anymore, > > Repeal Rule 2151 (Agoran Arms). > }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ > > -- >From R. Lee