@Anomander v3: Quite possibly the best one so far. Very interested in this one. Could I ask you to show me a version with the English name, instead of the katakana and kanji?
@Anomander v4: I kind of feel it loses itself a bit to the background due to the transparency. It emphasises the Kusari logo, but other than that it provides little clues to what it is representing. Too much Kusari, too little KNI.
@Gulryz V1: Similar to the previous one, it's a bit too much focused on the Kusari logo. It is also a bit too affected by the transparency, I would say. I would suggest trying a different approach.
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All in all, some good progress has been made. If a new submission that is favoured by the group shows up before the end of the month, my guess is we will take Anomander v3 (or a variant). We'll see.