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<blockquote data-quote="Fuze" data-source="post: 1954549" data-attributes="member: 749685"><p>I think the reason for all the logos and graphics is simply because it's the best way for them to promote the idea. I don't believe it's a coincidence that the first mascot proposal to really gain any true traction has been the one with a professional-looking visual identity. They had to fundraise to get the costume in the photo you sent and I don't think they would have gotten any support from the student body (which probably contributed the most money to them) if all their proposals looked hand-drawn or like they were just taken from clipart.</p><p></p><p>It's hard to find schools that have logos with unrelated mascots because it's hard to find schools with mascots unrelated to the nickname. The only I can think of off the top of my head is Standford with the tree being super integral to their logo, but that's the only example I can think of, at least with only counting what schools officially list as their logos. Standford still tho uses the tree in addition to block S. </p><p></p><p>As for the looks of the costume itself, I'm honestly not quite sure I've seen any good-looking bird mascot costumes. I'm not sure if the idea of birds just don't work with this or if I'm just so tired of damn bird mascots that it makes them all look bad. Either way, the costume doesn't look any worse than a typical bird mascot, but bird mascots almost always suck imo. The fact that it'd be another damn bird mascot might honestly be my biggest problem with the Kingfisher idea. If you're going to have no creativity when trying to pick a mascot idea, then just commit to having no creativity and do some goofy unknown creature like Gritty from the Flyers or Big Red from WKU, or the Blue Blob from Xavier. And an advantage there is there's no risk of anyone using it to try and change the name from Fighting Illini. </p><p></p><p>I do still stand by that I doubt Kingfisher will come to fruition anytime soon, at least in any official sense. Athletics seems to be really pushing back on it, even if they're doing it silently. All entities related to the DIA were instructed to basically not even acknowledge the bird at the parade. DIA seems to be very aware that they're likely the ones to take the negative impacts if this ever were to become official and are pushing back on it presumably due to that. You may see autonomous entities of the university adopt it and the community (mainly students) adopt the Kingfisher, but I doubt it'll be acknowledged officially at least for a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fuze, post: 1954549, member: 749685"] I think the reason for all the logos and graphics is simply because it's the best way for them to promote the idea. I don't believe it's a coincidence that the first mascot proposal to really gain any true traction has been the one with a professional-looking visual identity. They had to fundraise to get the costume in the photo you sent and I don't think they would have gotten any support from the student body (which probably contributed the most money to them) if all their proposals looked hand-drawn or like they were just taken from clipart. It's hard to find schools that have logos with unrelated mascots because it's hard to find schools with mascots unrelated to the nickname. The only I can think of off the top of my head is Standford with the tree being super integral to their logo, but that's the only example I can think of, at least with only counting what schools officially list as their logos. Standford still tho uses the tree in addition to block S. As for the looks of the costume itself, I'm honestly not quite sure I've seen any good-looking bird mascot costumes. I'm not sure if the idea of birds just don't work with this or if I'm just so tired of damn bird mascots that it makes them all look bad. Either way, the costume doesn't look any worse than a typical bird mascot, but bird mascots almost always suck imo. The fact that it'd be another damn bird mascot might honestly be my biggest problem with the Kingfisher idea. If you're going to have no creativity when trying to pick a mascot idea, then just commit to having no creativity and do some goofy unknown creature like Gritty from the Flyers or Big Red from WKU, or the Blue Blob from Xavier. And an advantage there is there's no risk of anyone using it to try and change the name from Fighting Illini. I do still stand by that I doubt Kingfisher will come to fruition anytime soon, at least in any official sense. Athletics seems to be really pushing back on it, even if they're doing it silently. All entities related to the DIA were instructed to basically not even acknowledge the bird at the parade. DIA seems to be very aware that they're likely the ones to take the negative impacts if this ever were to become official and are pushing back on it presumably due to that. You may see autonomous entities of the university adopt it and the community (mainly students) adopt the Kingfisher, but I doubt it'll be acknowledged officially at least for a while. [/QUOTE]
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