I can see this logo being really fancy ornate, knight, castle, shield etc.. making it look like a 200 year old company. This is a sister site to
http://www.cobrokenation.com so web 2.0 style is ok too. I want the sites to have their own separate style. To give you ideas I like the top 3 logos at sermon browser but obviously different symbolism elemetal's winner - something along those lines could work (although I think the shield for mine wouldn't be as thick) and rhyno automotive winner also had a shield emblem. I'm curious to see what could be done with a castle or a knight. A simple lock with good font/ text colors could also be very nice and simple. I really like the color purple/blue with an orange. Black is good or black and gold could be good. I am pretty open on colors.