Brock Beauchamp

And I'm sorry about the short notice, I really thought I had a week or more to prepare. I hadn't heard much from the dev until he hit me up today and said he's pretty much done.

This is a surprise, but also kind of how things tend to go with migrations. Our developer said he can get the conversion done tomorrow, which is way ahead of when I expected. So I told him to go ahead and do it, even if I haven't done some of the typical work I have done before launch. Tonight, probably late, I will shut off the forum here. That will allow us to grab the most recent state of the forum, and then migrate it to the new platform. Some time tomorrow - hopefully late morning, but these things sometimes stretch into afternoon and evening - the site will reappear, looking very different. Your current email and password will work on the new site. But, some users don't remember their password, or they lost access to that email, etc. I will be online as much as possible tomorrow to respond to these inquiries. Everything will be chaotic at launch. Icons might be wrong, language might reflect the wrong team (in this case, the Twins, as that's the site code we're using this time around). We'll have a thread to log all this stuff, and I'll play whack-a-mole, fixing small issues as we go. If you have questions, ask 'em. Oh, and the site will launch without ads. Those take weeks to get set up, sometimes as much as a month nowadays. Second edit: Oh, Ed and I spoke about this earlier today. This forum that you're using right here and now will remain intact, and the server untouched. You just won't be able to access it, as we'll be redirecting this domain to GrandCentralMets.com. Ed will maintain control of both this domain, and that server.

Everything will carry over! We're even working on restoring as much of the archives as we can, though how successful we'll be in that is still up in the air.

I lived in San Diego for close to a decade. I was SO HAPPY when they brought back the brown and yellow. So much better than that other crap they tried for 35 years or however long it was.

Looks like people are pretty clearly in favor of two logos, both of which go together as complementary logos. In site usage, we need two logos: the standard "full" logo, and also an icon logo. Padres Mission:

That's kinda what I figured, which is why I didn't use it. But TBH, I also didn't check.

It is, though kerning might be different.

And none of these are 100% final; these are mockups that I've done at 10-20 minutes per design. The final logo needs to be completely re-done with more precise measurements, kerning, leading, etc.

It's intentional. Honestly, the green is going to be terrible with the site, which will be primarily orange and blue. Logos also need to be really versatile, and the more contrasting, complementary, etc. colors you throw into the mix, the more problematic the logo usage becomes. A logo needs to work in one color, then two colors, then full color (if there are more than two colors). It needs to be able to be an inch wide, or ten feet wide. There's a lot that goes into the process, and a lot that needs to be considered.

We don't use *exact* team colors because it's best to stay away from anything that could turn litigious. That includes obvious branding such as the Mets script, specific colors, etc.

We good with these five? Should we put it to a poll? By the way, we need two logos, so if we go with #3 as the primary logo, #5 will likely be the icon logo, which we also need for secondary uses.

Yeah, we can absolutely do a poll, I just wanted to gauge reactions to the options before going that route.

Oh yeah, I based that one off the subway sign for grand central, the tile sign we've all seen before.

Okay, I worked up a few more versions in Illustrator. I leaned away from the green to show what it looks like in Mets colors. I think we can establish the theme without taking it too literally with the green. Also, I found a really cool port authority sign for the GCP that I added as a design.

Ahhhhhh, that makes way more sense. I hoped to loop back on this today, but was overwhelmed trying to get community awards posted for other sites. Tomorrow, I will adapt this green sign concept into a group of designs, and you all can vote on which you like the most.

Out of curiosity, why the road sign motif? It seems out of sync with the name itself.

Let's wait a little bit, I'm still thinking things over. I want to do at least one more variant, explore more options. But I'm happy to put it to a poll when we get to that point.

Here's another pass. The lower one is an attempt to replicate the departures board from Grand Central. I like the top one more, much better without the 7.

I've been playing around with logo designs all morning, keep veering back to the metro signage idea. None of the Grand Central themes were playing with the logo. I like the concept, but I'm struggling with the "7". Will people confuse that with a player?

Reading this thread is kinda winning me over to Grand Central. Also, I like GCM as an acronym. How do we finalize this? Thumb wrestling?

I have purchased Grand Central Mets Mets Line I think Mets Line is great, but you all seem to really like Grand Central Mets. Both are good, and if all of you want to choose between them (I suspect you're all leaning GCM), that's cool with me.

We inherited North Side Baseball as a name; it goes back 25 years at this point. And it's been a struggle with the name, but whaddya gonna do? The domain is ancient by internet standards. We don't run Fish On First; we only provide the tech for it. Ely Sussman and his crew run that site.

Fish On First wrote this up, which is helpful. The ultimate fan guide to the World Baseball Classic - Miami Marlins Guides & Resources - Fish On First FISHONFIRST.COM Here is everything you need to know heading into the sixth edition of baseball's biggest international tournament.

This is a really, really good name.