Announcement concerning 606v2

First topic message reminder :

Hello all.

The forum has now been going for just over 6 months and since its inception, we have grown more quickly than any of us could ever have imagined.

We have exceeded well over the 3,000 member mark and are closing in on the half a million post mark, to which we owe you our thanks.

We have had some exciting link ups in these 6 months since launch, and continue to work hard for you, the members, to get exclusives.

From competitions and Q&As to a discounted shop and sponsored charity, the last 6 months have gone by in a blur. We hope to carry on in this vein over the coming months and years, and will be looking to get bigger names and prizes as we move forward.

However, as we gain more exposure, we have also come encountered some issues, too, and that is the reason why this message is going out to you.

I recently tried to get a mini interview with Robbie Savage whilst covering the John Hartson Trophy match. I did manage to get interviews with some of the stars (Calzaghe, Gethin Jones, Hartson etc) but was knocked back by Robbie. The reason?

606.

Robbie was very pleasant but this is what he said (a paraphrasing of his comments, anyway).

You are the guys from 606v2 aren't you? I can't talk to you. I am not being an arse, but I am not allowed to talk to you due to the name. My bosses have told me not to get involved with you, that's why I haven't tweeted your messages.....etc

I was also told to avoid the BBC lawyer at the event!

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Hero and I discussed it at the time and agreed that maybe it is better to think about changing the name of the site. The majority of people who would have joined from 606 will have done so by now - the continued growth of the forum will not be down to 606 members but they will come through other avenues - advertising, facebook, twitter, link ups etc.

The name 606 doesn't actually mean anything to anyone not familiar with the old forum, and it could stop us growing should the BBC decide to ever re-open or actively chase us down the legal route.

Therefore, we have decided to rebrand the forum at some point in the near future to the v2sportsforum.

And this is where you guys and gals come in. We are going to have ourselves a little competition.

We need a new logo.

So although there is no prize so to speak, you may get to design our new logo and be part of our history.

If you want to submit an entry, just post it on this thread (within a spoiler tag of course) and be a part of the v2 history going forward. The logo must fit in with the current colour scheme of the site, and the Mod and Admin team will decide upon the winner. Feel free to design a logo for both "v2" and "v2sportsforum" as we may use the "v2" brand elsewhere in the future.

Thanks once again for all of your support so far - let's now all work on the next step in our growth.

The Admin Team

"AAB always one step ahead of the BBC"

Ya bunch of primped up over-subsidised government pampered lapdog commie piNKO BED-WETTERS!!!!

Yeah! Yeah! And more yeah!

Besides all that... They have let this place Rock. In fairness. Long may that continue.

Auntie BEEB has been shafted up de jacksy. She made a big mistake...

A huge sporting catchment area - lost forever. Not clever.

606 is associated with the BBC.

V2 is associated with Virgin Media.

V2sportsforum is quite bland.

Maybe you should have a competition for the name and the logo?

It's all fecked!!!! A satellite the size of a double-decker bus (none of yer single-decker baby-sized satellite shoite mind), just landed on BBC televisual centre!!

Rejoice, we'm all free - free I tells ya, freeeeeeee!

'Cept those who pay their licence fee by direct debit Yeah, you're still coughing up for the rest of us cause it's a contract an stuff.

Sniff. Ta.

V2 is associated with being a WW2 retaliation weapon.

V2SPORTSBLAST will do fine then

[quote="Cymroglan"]V2 is associated with being a WW2 retaliation weapon.

V2SPORTSBLAST will do fine then [/quote]

Vengeance weapon . I like v2 forum it came out of the blue and went off with a bang.

The reich sports forum at the reich time

Good sports chat with no nazi comments ......

Just a few designs I did for the Wrestling section. Obviously Superstar can be changed as and when preferred.

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If there's anything you guys think I should add/remove/change, then let me know and I'll figure out how to do it...(I'm new to this Photoshop lark!!!)

Celtic Warrior wrote:Reworked with V2 above Sports Forum (I've also cleaned up the saturation and colours to make it brighter.)

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Same image but smaller to test Davie's theory about clarity at smaller size.

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Did you just learn how to use drop shadow? OTT. Otherwise looks decent.

Anyone else thought of a tagline ?

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:Anyone else thought of a tagline ?

'The Sports That Matter to You'
'Because Sport Matters'
'Declassé Debating'

"Sport Jungle "

"IT'S STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT!!!"

V2 Veni Vidi Vici

keyboard pundits

V2ludorum?

"You talking to me?"

Better , Stronger , Always Evolving ........the sports forum that doesn't stand still .

voice of the voiceless

Founded by Wrestling Fans. Don't hold that against us!

Rumbled!

Gotta love MS Paint.

Literally seconds of work went into that.

I use photoshop cs2 and quark at work on a regular basis, so I will come up with something. I only just spotted this announcment.

Can you tell me what dimensions the forum crops the banner/logo to? It should tell you in the admin part of it.

Jammy31 wrote:"IT'S STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT!!!"

+1

Robbie Savage's Strictly Come Sports Forum?

Ha, full marks for effort, fellas.

Is there no end to your talents Scott?
Good thinking though.

Union Cane wrote:

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Looks a bit gay mate?

693v2

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A manlier one for Michaels the hunk of manliness.

Union Cane wrote:

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A manlier one for Michaels the hunk of manliness.

It still looks a bit 'gay bar'. Ask coxy.....



Lose the blue and go black and white.

Its got to fit in with the current colour scheme, and besides, that's how it came out on the design-a-logo website that I used.

I quite like Union Cane's first logo, and everybody's got a bit of Freddie Mercury inside them haven't they?

Scott and Union I doff my cap to you both!

Twisty has sent the two following images he's put together (cheers!)

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A few people have asked if we are tied in with using the name "v2" - the answer is no.

We would appreciate some suggestions if you can think of something better.

Cheers

A

Cyber Sport Junkies

V2SF looks kinda cool...

It should be cool due to it being well ventilated.
http://www.wtcb.be/activefacades/new/index.cfm?cat=3_concepts

If you think of a name just Google it to see if it's already being used.

Adam D (Hobo) wrote:A few people have asked if we are tied in with using the name "v2" - the answer is no.

We would appreciate some suggestions if you can think of something better.

Cheers

A

"From the ashes of 606"

...would suggest a phoenix. Except a logo is difficult if you don't know what one looks like

There was one on Harry Potter.