03-07-2020, 05:51 AMCementHands Wrote:

03-06-2020, 05:08 PMGeekusoid Wrote: Serious question:  Why timber and not Woodsman or Lumberjacks?

I mean... Bangor Maine is the birthplace of Paul Bunyan.


Could have even done something with Moose (being the state animal) or...with their sea-faring enterprises (lobster is a HUGE part of their economy up there)

We were unanimous (the 2 of us) in not wanting anything to do with sea creatures (see Kracken), or fishing (see Armada). I know armada aren't fishing boats, but they are boats, and the Raider brand was kindof that, so why bother with the rename.

Yes, lobster and fishing are massive there (here?), but we wanted something different - so we looked into other industries. Lumberjacks kind of fit the same theme that we decided to go with, but especially seeing the feedback we've had from the team, the tree / forest theme is definitely the right place to be. We can take on some lumberjack (see the Axes), but we can also go a more nature route as it fits as well.

I don't like Moose as it only reminds me of the Manitoba Moose and that's too close to a current team for my personal liking.

We were also looking at Maine Coon's, but for fairly obvious reasons decided against that route.

I'm personally very happy with how the branding worked out in the end for Maine. I feel like we had 2 fairly strong proposals to HO, and this way we get to keep our rivalry with those pesky Newfoundland Berserkers and we are just a bit further down the road.

The Coons was a language barrier thing of a silly Slovakian guy that never realized you English speakers use it as a racist slur, yet have it as a name of a cat breed