As previously noted by a few other Grey Ducks teammates, the Minnesota mascot has a very colorful background (ironic for a grey duck). While our organization strives to be respectful to our opponents, our mascot has sent more people to the hospital than any member of the team. Despite this we keep them around because we believe in second chances. Also they happen to be the only person in the country that can fit into the Grey Duck suit we have and they work for free. By now our beloved mascot has been with the team longer than any other staff or player, including the founder of the team. Over that long career the Grey Duck mascot has an impressive statline of 27 opposing players sent to the hospital, 3 felony charges, 7 misdemeanors, 24,000 in property damage, 478 complaints filed (mostly for fowl language), 8 tackles, 0.5 backflips, and 0 selections for mascot of the year. As for how they represent our team?....Well, they really don’t, but golly do we love them anyway. I guess the mascot just takes care of all the aggression for us. Let’s hope they’re out there quacking for years to come (otherwise we may be forced to rebrand).
I am a player on the New Orleans Second Line currently, and when those words are spoken though you can already picture in your mind exactly what those 4 words represent. New Orleans is synonymous with a couple of things. Music, especially jazz, great food, Mardi Gras, and of course being south in the bayou. Really there are so many things that could fit the mold of being the mascot for the team. Actually, after seeing this prompt, a lot of people on New Orleans team started discussing who we think would be a good mascot to represent us. One in particular though is one I enjoyed a lot, and that is Louis the Alligator from the movie Princess and the Frog.
I enjoy the Disney animated movies, and one I think that is pretty underrated is Princess and the Frog. The setting of that movie is set in New Orleans and I think it does a good way of portraying a lot of the NOLA culture in it. Louis is a good personification of what the soul of New Orleans is. Being down in the bayou means he lives among other alligators as they reside in that area, and his dream is to become a jazz musician and perform for people, which is another major part of NOLA culture. I like him as a mascot not only for those reasons, but alligators also can look intense and are easily a team mascot, and Louis in particular can still have that fun-loving look that NOLA wants to represent.
04-10-2021, 03:09 PM (This post was last modified: 04-10-2021, 03:09 PM by Sylphreni.)
The challenge with having a Yeti as your mascot is you can never truly be certain if you’ve seen him or not. A strange phenomena takes place at every Colorado Yeti home game where all members in attendance agree that there was indeed a mascot at the game, but no one quite remembers what it looks like. Virtually all agree it is a rather large human like creature with hair covering it’s entire body, some claim it is slightly aggressive, while some others agree it has an almost teddy bear like nature to it. Most agree however, that it is a fantastic mascot, who keeps the crowd in games and awes them with his daring acrobatic performances throughout intermissions and timeouts.
Stranger still is the fact that no one seems to have caught the Colorado Yeti on video or in picture format. Some have made claims over the seasons of capturing his form in one way or another, but it always proves to be distorted, or impossibly blurry. Indeed back in S25 one woman claimed to have caught it on her iPhone, but upon closer inspection it turned out to be nothing more then the hairy backside of an unshirted fan sitting in the row in front of her. Thus the legend of the Colorado Yeti mascot continues amongst fans and enthusiasts of the team alike.
London, hands down, has the best mascot. Larry the motherfuckin' Lion. Also I am one of the GM's of the team so my word is canon. All other accounts are just fan fiction essentially. Anyway, Larry is the best mascot in the league simply because he could destroy every other mascot, especially in the DSFL? Dog? Eat them. Snake? Step on them. Submarine? Hijack it. It's just that simple. Larry also is representative of the Royals for several reasons. First off is his golden mane. Gold, like purple, is a royal color. Additionally, the way the mane flows is simply majestic. Additionally, Larry actually has royalty in his blood, literally. Larry was created in a lab by splicing a lion's DNA with that of Queen Elizabeth's. It only took 37 failed attempts before Larry was born.
Taking a look at the ISFL, the Colorado Yeti is also the best by virtue of the mystery surrounding. First of all, does it even have a name? Or is it just "the Yeti"? I would like to imagine it does, but perhaps the mystery of not having a name suits them better. Second of all, does he even exist? Bigfoot, who is a close cousin of the Yeti, is debated to exist and the Yeti falls in that same line. Overall, both my DSFL and ISFL team mascots are the greatest ever and I won't be told otherwise.
There are a few specific options that present themselves for Austin's mascot. The search for alliteration is important in any and all searches for an effective mascot that appeals to the youth. So let's run through some potential naming schemes before we get onto the meat of some issues I have with creating an Austin Copperhead mascot;
Cooperhead; very simple name and is only one word. Only incorporates one thing that doesnt't seem to apply to children. Also seems like a bad misspelling of Copperhead.
Austin the Copperhead; this seems like the obvious choiec to go with. Austin is already a name (see: Backyardigans) and it incorporates the animal nicely. The only issue I see is that there is a lack of creativity and alliteration. Families are already at the Austin game, saying "I wanna see Austin" as a child seems... weird when the parents can get confused and say "If you want to see Austin, look at the field." All around too confusing for the youths of the world.
Cammy Copperhead; I like this one. I really want Cammy. There is alliteration, it's a fun -(x)y style name that is fun to say, and it appeals to kids because of that. I don't want any arguments, this is the official mascot from here on out.
Now, what makes our mascot unique? He's got a gun. Snake with a gun.
This write up is a hard one for me. On one hand, I have the Pythons who are relatively similar to the Austin Copperheads. A great mascot, don’t get me wrong, but nothing is overwhelmingly exciting or original about it. Then, on the other hand, I have the Liberty who have the bell for their mascot. I love both of my teams, but the lack of a surefire, named creative mascot blows me away. I saw this PT pop up and noticed the theme of it and went, “Shit…”. I absolutely love my teams, locker rooms, even branding, but mascots definitely need some work. Honestly though, looking around the league I don’t see much mention of named mascots or graphics animating that sort of thing much. Hopefully this PT will bring about some more of that sort of thing as I’d love to see it more developed. I know there are plenty of other things going on that people take care of but the team mascot could be tied in with the team twitter or something like that in order to give someone a multifaceted job that would give the teams some life.I could see it being a really fun thing for a creative mind to do for their team.