[dramaticraazrs]

Went through all the submissions again, and I have to say the strong points of this one are.

10 reasons why I like it.

It doesnt have some "inspirational" background, clouds, mountains and similar irrelevant nonsense.............

It doesnt have some "inspirational" background, clouds, mountains and similar irrelevant nonsense.
People do that to accentuate the logo but its best done with a simple background with little distraction. samfisher's logo uses a background to accentuate it as well, the diagonal lines and the gradients pretty much tell you that.

It doesnt look like the author just found this thing called photoshop and this thread and a case of beer.
Some of us are new here like myself, atleast speaking for myself I can say that I'm doing it only because I think the product needs a facelift and since I guess some of us support OSS? So if there are people running around with a case of beer and trying to do a logo for Kodi, let them be. Secondly this sort of non-designer opinion/non-sequitur helps nothing, like saying people who use photoshop to design a logo, you could but you shouldn't and I'm pretty sure people know around here in this thread. But my point is making statements like these like you know what you're saying when you don't just adds up to a lot of opinions and less of constructive criticism.

It doesnt look like a 2 year old did it.
2yr olds don't make logos. If you're referring to the simplicity in logos in general then that is there for a very good reason, so it translates well onto any medium. Again, your non-designer opinions ain't cutting it out.

It looks like a fun logo, done is a tasteful manner.
Sure, fun but cluttered with too many ideas into it. Tape, person, media, what not. A logo should have no more than 1 -2 ideas.

it is original and instantly recognizable.
Clean n simple but D is completely illegible. K could use some work. i needs some work too, bad capheight, etc. Overall stroke weight could use some help, optical visual balance as well.. The icon is nice but would need some tweaking. But then again doghousemedia should tackle all that I suppose.

So almost all other entries here have a lot to live up to.
Actually no. This is why I decided to revert back to your post. Thing is nobody is competing here, everyone's just doing their thing in the hope that Kodi has a decent logo. Nobody is trying or shouldn't have to live up to any logo in this thread.