Topic: is LISK inspired by Starcraft and World of Warcraft? (Read 1281 times)

What do u imply with that? Grand Theft Auto the video game is what LISK represents?

How come u think that way?

~CfA~

Branding is a tricky thing and I have made the case for the Logo before in the Lisk thread. It is an issue that pops up about once a month.

The lisk team has announced months ago, that they will hire a professional company to do a rebrand. I think this is a good idea, too, but I disagree, that the current logo is bad, as in "harmful for Lisks image and reputation". In fact, I think it is quite the opposite and served its purpose well. The target user group in the beginning was a group of people, who were already familiar with blockchain technology and not bank managers who barely even heard of bitcoin. Additionally, it is a logo that differs considerably from the average logo in the blockchain field (think of Waves, Reddcoin, Ethereum, Sia,…) and, as this thread proves, "stays in your head". I don't see too many discussions about logo choices elsewhere.

Additionally, let's not forget, that the youth of today are the deciders of tomorrow. There is a saying, that you can't teach an old dog new tricks and there might be something to it. So maybe, it is not the worst strategy to target those, whose minds are still open and grow with them.

I think a discreet icon, and not a texture, would be more appropriate for this brand. This is a financial instrument. Lisk is a 'cool' name, but for the level of investment expected, especially given the popularity of assets like this ATM, I think it is a bit juvenile. What does an art asset from what is arguably the best real time strategy game ever made, have to do with a crypto asset? I only say this because the traditional finance world is watching us from the sidelines, and laughing at us a bit. They are not gamers, they are older men in nice suits. The appeal would be lost on them. VC comes from those that generate value, I think pitching an investment product aimed towards a demographic that doesn't make income is questionable. This isn't an attack, it is a criticism. I have none of these and most likely won't buy any, but I think a better attempt at branding, that is more appealing to a larger demographic, would be a better choice.

 And I feel this way about Ethereum's brand (ether is fleeting and unsubstantial, these are not qualities I want associated with my money.) And waves (waves of what? Is the project going to make waves? what is wavy dammit!?)


This would be akin to me making a new, useful coin and calling it dontforgetthemilk coin. Do you see how I just shot myself in the foot regarding people taking my product seriously?

more like grand THEFT auto 

Could u go into more detail on this plz?

I think the LISK branding is very nifty. It targets the gamers and obviously they have a lot of money especially in China.

~CfA~

The logo for this coin always looked a little cheesy to me, as well as the name. I never get what goes through the heads of the devs when they  pick these coin names.  Mainly, I could never figure out what they hell a Lisk was looking at the logo. Apparently a badly Photoshopped blue space crystal.

The other side of the coin is how do you want people to invest largensums of money into something with such poor advertising (the logo/name?). Seems the opposite way to get VC.

A total rebranding is on the way anyway

Let's be honest. Most of us in these forums are nerds. It shouldn't be a surprise that we get influenced by PC games

yes , i'm pretty sure that the logo was inspired by starcraft minerals
and a lot of the zerg race's units names end with -lisk like hydralisk
so the name seems to be inspired by that too

Max and Charles are both young and vibrant.

They know that such theme and gaming in general is the future of the youth in one of various aspects. They wanna contribute to society so they theme it this way to make a bright impression.

~CfA~

hahaha i have never noticed (and i would never expect to) LISk might be linked with WoW/SC !
The symbol actually looks familiar with the obelisk(?) in the right bottom of screen,nice discovery man

i've always had that feeling too. they probably had the idea playing wow/startcraft

I don't see the resemblance, if anything it looks more like an arrowhead:

Look at bottom right:



Also in the game if you click on the crytal it fractures, I think it is a nice logo/art design.

Since I do not know that two shitty games, I can't tell, and would be interested too. But that's just a crystal. I don't see any similarity .

Could you link some screenshots to similar structures on starcraft/warcraft? I'm curious…

2Kool, how do u know for sure that it really was inspired of World of Warcraft and Starcraft?

If LISK is derived from Crypti, is its ideology derived from Crypti too or is this a new layer that requires careful thought about its essence?

~CfA~

i was wondering aswell about the logo, do they really want to keep that? seriously?! 

More like Starcraft m8y
Construct additional pylons

The answer to your question is YES.  Everybody knows that the "Lisk developers" couldn't develop a picture out of a Poloroid instant camera.  Lisk is a total scam job just like Crypti, and none of them have an original bone in their body.  Lisk is BAD NEWS!