Top 5 Open Division Logos: Sacré Bleu Blanc Rouge and Chicken Contendies Take top Honors

There comes a time in every journalist’s life where they post something truly profound. A poignant work of prose that catapults them into the exalted ranks of respectable journalists in their field, where they can rub shoulders with the upper crust in their constant search for great stories.

Personally, today is probably not that day. What you will see today, though, is an in-depth, extremely serious guide to the best logos Open Division teams have to offer. Assuming they have a Twitter I can pull the logo from. And a name I can say without blushing (I’m looking at you, Australia’s “X69GAMING”).

These grandiose graphics are listed in no particular order, and are rated on a scale of 1-10 on four simple features before getting a final overall score. We’ll also include the team’s overall record and the region they hail from.

The four grading points are as follows:

Clarity: When I look at this logo, do I know what it is, and what it’s supposed to be?

Quality: How clean are the lines? How sharp are the angles? How much effort was put into this logo?

Cuteness/Coolness: Is this logo sugoi or kawaii? (I can’t believe I just wrote that.) Does it make me want to un-ironically post the heart-eyes emoji on Twitter? Or does it make me want to blast some edgy music through my apartment while wearing my darkest sunglasses?

Memeability: How many inside jokes can we make out of this? On a scale of 1-GOATS, how ingrained into our common OW lexicon will this logo become? Can you make a good Twitch copypasta out of it?

[REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE: I am NOT a graphics guy. This is not going to be a high-level graphics analysis piece. This is a “Hey, this is cool!” sorta piece. Have some fun! Don’t yell at me!]

With that out of the way, let’s get started!

Fenix (EU, 9-1, 80 OMW%)

Clarity: 10/10

Quality: 10/10

Coolness: 8/10

Memeability: 2/10

Simple, clean logos are a graphic designer’s bread and butter, and Team Fenix knows it well. This logo does a great job of telling you just enough, and not a word more. It’s a phoenix, it has cool feathers and it looks sorta like a flame. You get the idea right away.

While there are more than a few Phoenix-themed teams in Overwatch (Phoenix in PAC Contenders and the Atlanta Reign, for instance), this team still sets itself apart. That’s an achievement in and of itself.

Overall Score: 75%. It’s… not really a meme at all. Otherwise, it’s great!

Sacrebleu Blanc Rouge (EU, 9-2, 83.18 OMW%)

Clarity: 9/10

Quality: 10/10

Coolness: 7/10

Memeability: 9/10

Hon hon, oui oui! This is a logo I can get behind!

The neckerchief, the beret, the croissant – France’s love for their prominent cultural symbols reminds me of the Kkona-tastic displays of freedom you find here in America, and I am here for it. There’s a reason France was our first ally back in the 1700s – we both understand the value of presentation (and also hated England, but that’s less of a thing now. Mostly). Also, SBBR get an extra point for their name being an awesome French pun. Sacré bleu !!

Overall Score: 88%. The background colors are fine, but I’m not 100% sure what’s going on back there. Are those mountains? Clouds?

Young Guns (NA, 9-1, 82.5 OMW%)

Clarity: 8/10

Quality: 10/10

Coolness: 9/10

Memeability: 5/10

This is a great logo, but it’s also one you kinda have to explain to people. The “Y” in red and the “G” in blue form a sorta-kinda-dueling-pistol silhouette, or maybe a particularly complex finger gun? There’s some room for interpretation there, but once you get the idea, this logo can really grow on you.

YG get a 5 on memeability because someone will come up with a finger-guns based joke at some point or another – even if I’m not smart enough to come up with one myself. I trust you guys on that one.

Overall score: 80%. It’s just so clever.

Triumph (NA, 9-1, 87.5 OMW%)

Clarity: 10/10

Quality: 11/10

Coolness: 9/10

Memeability: 3/10

I get to be biased again, yay! I love this logo, and it’s cooler than the flip side of your pillow. While it’s less than memeable, there’s great potential for fan works to feed off of this logo, as we’ve seen from the huge number of wallpaper edits and paintings the team has gotten. Especially this masterpiece right here.

Overall score: 83%, but only because of the logo’s abysmal meme potential. Can’t win ’em all!

Chicken Contendies (10-0, 85 OMW%)

Clarity: 11/10

Quality: 11/10

Cuteness: 11/10

Memeability: 7/10

Look at this thing. It’s a chicken. It’s cute. He’s winking at you. I can see your face now – you’re trying to be cynical about the three 11’s I gave this logo on my 10-point scale… but then you look back at that little jelly bean face. You give me a free pass, for now. And you just sit back and appreciate this logo for a second. That’s all.

Overall Score: 100%. The math just worked out that way, I guess. Total perfection.

Honorable Mentions

Monofrog (KR)

Look, a frog!

Argo Academy (SA)

[Insert glib comment about the meta here]

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