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Is there any chance you'll ever allow user-created corporation logos to be submitted alongside Alliances, rather than how we now have to rely on stock template images which neither are representative of our uniqueness nor exclusive to our corporation? In the real world, Corporation logos are often iconic and immediately speak that company's name - think Apple or Google as examples, neither of which would be near as iconic if you had hundreds of corporations using those logos. Eve over the years has had a gradual shift away from corporation focus with more emphasis placed on Alliances yet most corporations outlast most alliances. Bringing the focus back on to corporations could only be a good thing.

The new logo can/should be different to existing one ?

How about if you allow the smaller alliances and corps to submit, provided they pay for the manpower effort with PLEX?

Not something we're willing to consider at this stage.

Real talk: does CCP actually have a legal team? What kind of lawyers would seriously advise them that the best way to avoid IP issues is by creating a blatantly derivative work?

*Golfclap*

Well done, Falcon. Well done.

Small groups can build an identity with no issue just under a corporation name and logo. This has happened countless times throughout the history of EVE.

When an alliance reaches the appropriate size, it can submit a logo for approval.

Things that you don't expect often happen, and assumption is the mother of all mistakes.

I think that CCP would be better served by reviewing Alliance logos for technical and legal issues only.

In my opinion, Eve is strongest and most appealing when players set the tone for the game. CCP has lately been on a role in letting the sandbox elements of the game come to the fore and I think they should follow that trend in their logo guidelines.

Let the part about "cartoony" elements and "no bright colors" be enforced as little as possible. If players don't like cartoons they can vote with their feet and join alliances with futuristic dimly colored logos. CCP can save itself the trouble of trying to review logos for style.

That being said, if the policy is just written like that to give them a reason to crush things like comic sans, all is well.

Edit: Ignore this part, missed the grandfathering part


Also, I assume the 250 person count doesn't care about subscription status. What is to stop one from making an alt corp full of trial accounts and using that to get alliances over the 250 person limit? What happens if an alliance drops under 250 people after their logo is approved?