Our first BBQ tournament is Oct 3rd and the team had been struggling for weeks to come up with a name for ourselves. We must have come up with 100's of names and whenever we settled on one, a quick google search would point out that someone else had already used it. (My favorite was 'Rub Me Tender'...but that is already taken by another local team.)
Anyway, it might seem weird, but I was trying to think of a logo before we even had a name. Somehow my mind landed on the Virginia Flag, which was my twitter avatar at the time and I started thinking about how we could make it our own. I did a little research and this is what I found.
The picture on the seal of Virginia's deep blue flag is portraying the state motto - Sic Semper Tyrannis - or, Thus Ever to Tyrants, in plain English. This is what always happens to unjust rulers. At the time of it's flag design in 1776, Virginia and other colonies were fighting for independence from England, who to them were tyrants. The woman, virtue, represents Virginia. The man holds a whip and chain, indicating he is a tyrant. They have fought a battle, and the tyrant lies on the ground defeated, his fallen crown nearby.
We had a logo concept but still NO NAME!!! We started thinking about the Latin phrase at the bottom and spent a good hour online with an English to Latin translator, spitting out various phrases that just didn't sound right. Things started to click when we started inventing Latin words. SMOKIS PORKIS was born!
A friend at work did me a solid and turned our thoughts into reality.
We are incredibly proud of it and hope that our turn-ins are half as good!!
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