Ez Street Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Yale Hollander's home town boys have a website. http://www.stlouisrots.com/Par for the course, crappy ASS logo. With a unique name like that, they could make it something special. But NO! We have to go with the lame ass BALL logo. @DavidStreeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 The lady Rots?Even more lame... Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMac Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Lady Rots you say... well you know what they say about girls from St.Lo.... ummm nevermid.... GDB... Brothers from other Mothers www.pifflespodcast.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 St. Louis Rots...Is that some kind of social commentary? Is St. Louis so bad now, that it is rotting? Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 St. Louis Rots...Is that some kind of social commentary? Is St. Louis so bad now, that it is rotting? Sadly, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittunited Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Call me crazy, but I would think a team called the Rottweilers would at least have a dog head in their logo. But then again, this IS the ABA...And having "Rots" as the shorthand is worse than the old Washigton Diplomats calling themselves the Dips. OWNER -- Pittsburgh Spiders (UL) * Dynamo Missouri (PLA) * Montreal Maroons (SHL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmee Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 St. Louis Rots...Is that some kind of social commentary? Is St. Louis so bad now, that it is rotting? Sadly, yes. Meeeeet me in Saint Loueee, Loueee...Meet me...oh wait...meet me in Vegas. It's happening everywhere though, not just St.Louis. You guys just lost a higher percentage...not necessarily the most people.As for the logo...Rots? And JUST a ball? In the other ABA logos, the ball is just corrupting the logo. In this one...the ball has brainwashed an entire logo. The ABA is a cult, worshipping an idol. Â Â The world's foremost practitioners of professional tag-team wrestling. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez Street Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 a poorly drawn "Rot" would be better than the lame-ass clipart like ball. What it's not ROTZ?Dumb headline if anybody ever cared about the team...Rots are HOT!Shoot me now! @DavidStreeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Now I normally panic when I turn out to be the voice of reason, but since the ball in the logo isn't the standard-issue ugly-ass red-white-and-blue ball, and the pic at the very upper left corner of the site is rather ABA-esque, isn't it possible that this is a temporary logo, put up so that we'd have something to bitch about until the real, ugly-ass logo is unveiled?Call me crazy, but I've got a feeling... Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paynomind Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I think you may have a point. But damn.. it sure looks like they are gonna use "the Rots" as their nickname.ugh.Someone needs to take the ABA executives, and send them to this website, so they can see what real people think of their logos.I think that the reletively low cost of franchising is responsible for the horrible websites and logos. Folks scrape together just enough to buy in, then have nothing let to pay anyone to make a logo for them.Damn ABA NCFA Sunset Beach Tech - Octopi  ΓΔΒ!  Going to college gets you closer to the real world, kind of like climbing a tree gets you closer to the moon. "...a nice illustration of what you get when skill, talent, and precedent are deducted from 'creativity.' " - James Howard Kunstler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_cynic Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 That logo is a nightmare for merchandise production. Utah Jazz Retired Number's#1 - Frank Layden - #7 Pete Maravich - #12 John Stockton - #14 Jeff Hornacek - #35 Darrell Griffith - #53 Mark EatonRetired Number's To Come#00 The Bear (Best Mascot In NBA) - #4 Adrian Dantley - #32 Karl "The Mailman" Malone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbbeyBF42 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I think you may have a point. But damn.. it sure looks like they are gonna use "the Rots" as their nickname. Why the heck is the team giving itself an "endearing" nickname (sorry, but Rots isn't endearing, but hopefully you catch my drift)? I mean, for the most part, the fans get the shortened version of the name out there and the team goes with it. Honestly, It's like the Pirates choosing to call themselves the 'Rats' (or 'Rates', i guess they really don't rate tho , hem) instead of the fans giving them the Bucs. How desperate could this league be? $.02 paid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 That logo is a nightmare for merchandise production. Well, the good news there is that there's unlikely to be any merchandise to be produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paynomind Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 OK, i was disapointed in the 'Rots' logo, so I did one for them.Keeping in mind all of the ABA logo requirements that I was forced to restrain myself to, I created the following:100 pixel size - CheckGoofy 306 panel colored ball - CheckBizzarre WordArt shaped wordmark - CheckGeneric JamnArt stolen logo - CheckConsistant line width where completely inappropriate - CheckMascot squeezing or otherwise molesting ball - CheckCity name tacked onto abstractly added semi-circle - CheckAll fonts available on Windows 95 default list - CheckGradient used where solid would have worked - CheckColor included in logo to clash with ball colors - CheckGlossy marks on ball, to look like a bowling ball - CheckUneven lopsided composition - CheckTotal, complete embarrassment to city, fans, players, and an affront to logo art itself - Check NCFA Sunset Beach Tech - Octopi  ΓΔΒ!  Going to college gets you closer to the real world, kind of like climbing a tree gets you closer to the moon. "...a nice illustration of what you get when skill, talent, and precedent are deducted from 'creativity.' " - James Howard Kunstler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 BRILLIANT! @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombSkwad Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Call me crazy, but I would think a team called the Rottweilers would at least have a dog head in their logo. But then again, this IS the ABA...And having "Rots" as the shorthand is worse than the old Washigton Diplomats calling themselves the Dips. Could have been worse... Could have been the St. Louis shi tzus.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean84106 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Is that red thing over the dog supposed to be the St. Louis Arch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 OK, i was disapointed in the 'Rots' logo, so I did one for them.Keeping in mind all of the ABA logo requirements that I was forced to restrain myself to, I created the following:100 pixel size - CheckGoofy 306 panel colored ball - CheckBizzarre WordArt shaped wordmark - CheckGeneric JamnArt stolen logo - CheckConsistant line width where completely inappropriate - CheckMascot squeezing or otherwise molesting ball - CheckCity name tacked onto abstractly added semi-circle - CheckAll fonts available on Windows 95 default list - CheckGradient used where solid would have worked - CheckColor included in logo to clash with ball colors - CheckGlossy marks on ball, to look like a bowling ball - CheckUneven lopsided composition - CheckTotal, complete embarrassment to city, fans, players, and an affront to logo art itself - Check Great checklist---good summary of the majority of their logos... Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khalldog Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Here is a dumb question ... shouldn't it be the "ROTTS"?Not that it makes that much of a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Actually this reminds me of where I went to College--they've now gone to the soul-less food court (but probably better food)During my days the main hang out on campus was the Rathskellar, but we just called it the Rat...Their burgers were called Rathburgers--we called them Ratburgers, which annoyed the people who made them.However Rath could aslo be spelled Wrath, and Wrathburgers are not necessarily an improvement...Too bad it's no longer around--if they got TV coverage you could watch the Rots at the Rat... Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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