The Ultimate Football Crest Tournament: Europe vs Rest of the World

alchemist33

If it still counts, I'll go for the crow. It just looks badass, like it wants to .......



murder you (ta-bum, tish).

And I cant get Hillclimb Racing out of my head for the other

eire4

I go with the Minsk Hawk just like the smug grin the Hawk has on him.

Hill St Blue

I'll go for the crow too. I'm not a huge fan of the other one. I'd prefer it, if it had a more definitive border and perhaps another colour in there, I think.

Arghus

Torpedo, because it looks like the silhouette of some time travelling dandy from the early days of the motor car. And, to my eyes, he appears to be travelling backwards.

Omackeral

I had a controversial nap that had a lot of unforeseen extra time. Anyhow, I can reveal that the victors of the last battle and our fourth semi finalist are;

Krumkachy Minsk

alchemist33

I hope the semifinal draw is kind. A Juarez/Chiangmai final is what the neutrals want.

Baggly

alchemist33 wrote:

I hope the semifinal draw is kind. A Juarez/Chiangmai final is what the neutrals want.

We are gonna have to make the choice eventually I suppose.

Omackeral

Semi final draw is coming up right now...

Omackeral

The Final Four. Perhaps fittingly, it's a fifty/fifty split between Europe and the Rest of the World. We have two beautiful crests from each ''conference'' ready to stake their claim. The draw God's have seen it that we will have a participant from each taking on one another in the final... but before then... let's see who drew who...

Omackeral

This match will have a time limit of 45 minutes, with no quota required. Basically, most votes wins. In the event of a draw, reasons will be used as a tie-breaker, so do try to think about your choice. If the teams still can't be split then, I will cast a deciding vote.

1.FC Koln (GER)



VS

FC Juarez (MEX)

Arghus

A tough decision, both two evenly matched crests.

I think the psychedelic equine from hell will have to get my vote. It's just undeniable galloping badassery.

Jaurez.

Skylinehead

Ok Demon Horse is cool, but no chance here.

Here's why.

Hennes.



A logo, personified (goatified?) on the pitch. Glorious. And look at the beard.



Majestic beast that he is.

He's even a da, in between being awesome.

https://fc.de/en/fc-info/news/detailpage/details/hennes-is-a-father/

Aside from Hennes, who features prominently riding the logo :pac:, there's the cathedral in the logo itself:



Very evil, and therefore very cool.

Vote Hennes, vote Koln.

Does Juarez have an actual demon horse? No. I rest my case.

quickbeam

Yeah the more I see it the more I like Koln (only one I've liked more was the antlers one). That goat has an attitude to him. Juarez certainly isn't bad by any means, but Koln just has a cool vibe to it.

Hill St Blue

Mmm...'tis getting tough. I'll go for Köln, and it's up to (and on) something goat.

I prefer the colouring... something about the electric red and green combo on the other one doesn't quite do it for me. Love the horse, but I'd prefer to see other colours used I think.

Necro

I vote for the randy goat of Koln.

Humping his way into the final

Wuff Wuff

Koln

Think it's a much nicer crest, I like how the goat is over the badge

Also had a good save with them on fifa one year

Baggly

Skylinehead wrote:

Vote Hennes, vote Koln.

That goat will die one day. Probably soon.

The Juarez horse will live forever. In our hearts.

Its the better design. Better crest. Better concept. Better animal.

Vote in for Juarez.

PsychoPete

FC Juarez

duffman13

Koln the Juarez one looks like a dodgy nightclub sign in a seedy city.

Koln is classy

Skylinehead

Baggly wrote: »

That goat will die one day. Probably soon.

Hence why he's Hennes IX. The concept lives on.

Your fictional horse doesn't even exist, bah.

Baggly

Skylinehead wrote:

Hence why he's Hennes IX. The concept lives on.

Monarchy. That's your answer. Because monarchy has gone so well for the World.

Skylinehead

Baggly wrote: »

Monarchy. That's your answer. Because monarchy has gone so well for the World.

Ah but it's not hereditary. Always pick the best man goat for the job. Hennes has answers for everything.

cdeb

That Köln one hasn't done anything for me all tournament tbh. It's a bit bland. It's a goat on a cathedral - but is that enough at this stage? When up against the glorious and unique colour combo of Juarez?

I've backed them all tournament and I can't change now. Juarez.

Baggly

Fake horses don't need replacing. They are more than skin and bones. They are an idea. And an idea cannot be destroyed.

The goat is just a corporate shill.

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Vote Koln - it looks better on the shirt

Still true :pac

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

The colour scheme on the Juarez one is too jarring for me. Red and green should never be seen. One of the reasons I hate Christmas so much!

Still true :pac:

Vote Koln!

Zaph

FC Juarez - Mayo could learn a thing or two about the proper use of red and green together to produce something visually stunning, instead of plain blocks of colour that a stunned 3 year old could have drawn. I've seen Cologne cathedral in the flesh, and yes, it's an incredible piece of architecture, but it's pretty monochrome and dull in comparison to the rampant horse of the Mexicans. And don't get me started on the goat and their blatant dishonesty of producing a new one every couple of years. Rumour has it that each incumbent ends up in a goat curry sooner or later. Ask yourselves this - are these the sort of people you want to vote for?

Skylinehead

Zaph wrote: »

Rumour has it that each incumbent ends up in a goat curry sooner or later. Ask yourselves this - are these the sort of people you want to vote for?

This is the sort of salacious rumours and lies the Juarez cartel are resorting to in order to falsely win this contest of logos.

Fake. News.

You'll hear from Hennes' lawyer.

Electric Nitwit

Skylinehead wrote: »

This is the sort of salacious rumours and lies the Juarez cartel are resorting to in order to falsely win this contest of logos.

Fake. News.

You'll hear from Hennes' lawyer.

Exactly, classic deflection tactics while they chop their mascot into cheap frozen lasagne

Zaph

Skylinehead wrote: »

This is the sort of salacious rumours and lies the Juarez cartel are resorting to in order to falsely win this contest of logos.

Fake. News.

You'll hear from Hennes' lawyer.

I think you'll find that Hennes' lawyer views him as less of a meal ticket and more of a meal.

davetherave

I think I've voted for everything the Randy Goat has been up against but he keeps on surviving.

The neon green and red colours of demon horse are not visually appealing. #teamgoat is a unique shape for a logo/crest, not a standard shield/circle/square and is pretty nice now that I'm not viciously opposed to it.

Zaph

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Exactly, classic deflection tactics while they chop their mascot into cheap frozen lasagne

I'll have you know there's nothing cheap about that las........er, actually, nothing to see here, carry on...

alchemist33

Juarez all the way. The colour scheme works brilliantly and the horse looks like the devil's mount.


The real goat is quite cool, but logo goat does nothing for me

pickarooney

Köln is utter muck and has no business in the semi finals. It's horribly asymmetric and poorly drawn. Of all the fantastic animals to have featured in the tournament a flipping goat is a joke of a selection.

Juarez is a very silly crest but gloriously so,earning right into the devil-horse-nightclub paradigm that nobody else realised was necessary.

The Mexicans all the way

Pawwed Rig

Demon horse or goat shagging a cathedral?

Let's go with Juarez. Cool colour scheme

Skylinehead

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Demon horse or goat shagging a cathedral?

Let's go with Juarez. Cool colour scheme

Out of time!

Typical tardiness by the horse brigade

Omackeral

My god that was a tight affair. Some of the best reasoning on thread yet. But the reasons aren't gonna be needed because...


... with 53% of the vote and advancing to the grand final is Hennes IX and 1.FC Koln

Sawduck

FC Juarez - the colour on this crest is brilliant, and i love the angry horse, he is not to be messed with

Necro

Omackeral wrote: »

My god that was a tight affair. Some of the best reasoning on thread yet. But the reasons aren't gonna be needed because...


... with 53% of the vote and advancing to the grand final is Hennes IX and 1.FC Koln

Skylinehead

Wonderful.

Omackeral

Skylinehead wrote: »

Out of time!

Typical tardiness by the horse brigade

Literally one minute late. Would have made it a draw. I didn't fancy having to go through that process because both camps made some amazing points. Also, a subsequent vote for Juarez rolled in a few minutes ago too. Koln can consoder fortune to be on their side here! Can it bolster them to a win though?!

Electric Nitwit

Pawwed Rig

Omackeral wrote: »

Literally one minute late.!

Stern but fair

Zaph

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Electric Nitwit

Zaph wrote: »

Omackeral

Our second semi-final sees interestingly sees two crests with languages other than just the Latin alphabet on them, how about that? It's air vs earth here as these two interconfererate teams locks horns...and beaks.

Krumkachy Minsk (BLR)



VS

Chiangmai United (THA)

Pawwed Rig

Minsk coz the smug crow looks like a good laugh

Baggly

Changmai is the best crest left.

Bold colour contrast.

Excellent animal choice with a tie to the region its from.

Changmai all the way.

Necro

Chiang Mai United.

Majestic.

Triumphant.

Beautiful.

But enough about myself the crest is just better. :pac:

And did I mention that crow irks me something fierce.

Zaph

Chiangmai United - the goat must be stopped and I feel that the elephant has a better chance than the raven.

Cosmo Kramer

Tough one. I think I prefer the simplicity of the Minsk crest to the slightly overly complicated Chiangmai effort.

But saying that I think I prefer the elephant to the raven.

I like elephants, birds keep ****ting on my car.

Chiangmai.