Mascots are overrated. I would like to see what the community comes up with, though.

Hm, if they are no additional suggestions until tomorrow, then maybe we should go on to the next phase?

Originally, the plan was to vote on the suggestions(in text form) first and then make sketches for the three most popular suggestions, then vote from those remaining three ones again and then create finalized artwork. However, some people said that they lack imagination skills to vote on anything without seeing any sketches at all, so should we go on to make sketches already and skip the first voting?

(not sure if "sketch" is a correct english word; I think "doodle" is a word with the same meaning)

I thought we already decided on Allefro?

I must say that I really like AL, my vote belongs to him(her?).
Although I think an upgrade of the drawing should be considered...

I don't like the idea of an mascot with a personality, such as an animal, a black A running is perfect, it also looks nice. And i think a mascot for allegro would be a great idea as it would be easier for allegro to get recognized that way. As i never read the text of the logos of companies i do remember their movies or designs, and i think most people work that way.

After going to the wiki page, my favorite is leggy. Are we voting yet?

I really shouldn't comment in this thread, but this has gone on too long.

The other thread had the right idea; you simply start posting pictures as fast as you can, and then everyone take a look at something that progresses into a very good-looking logo or mascot. Then you all decide. If Alex hadn't already been used for someone's game/site/etc., I feel it would have won because of how much excitement and feedback it received.

If government has taught me anything, it's that you don't have a committee plan things out like this. The other thread got A LOT more activity, ideas, etc. I think it was because it was so VISUAL, where this is all too logical and sequential.

I say we start a brand-new thread where we do nothing but post ideas for the mascot (or just continue the old thread), but without worrying that it infringes on someone's prior work..?

That MUST be it. Allefro all the way, baby.::)

Actually, my understanding is now, the picture itself already is public domain (Johan gave it to Allegro) - just the name "Alex the Allegator" is his. So might be enough coming up with a new name, like "Axel the Alligator".. just somewhat more different than that..

How about a cheese grater? He would be "Alex the Allegrater". He would be shown grating cheese into code.

Although, most people on Allegro.cc turn code into cheese.

I vote for Allefro!

i'd like to nominate myself to be the official PR representative of allegro

Sure, the process is slow and it will take a few months to get a result. The logical and sequential setup is meant to produce a result that is a) widely accepted(as in the community casts it by voting and thus can identify with) and b) of high quality(doodles first, polished artwork later).

I strongly object that as it would be impolite and it feels like stealing someones intellectual property and claiming that it is our own.

Just because we can't agree doesn't mean we should give up. Once again, I vote for buying Alex.