Logo help - Which one is better ???

Hi all...
I am trying to renew my logo with the techniques i learned from Nionicle.
Here are some examples, Which logo is better, and why (some comments plz) ??

http://www.thesmaug.com/logopreview.jpg

Me opts for #4.

The First one is also pretty good but its looks just like Nionicles logo.

;)

yes it is !! Because the same bg, only i changed the text "thesmaug" and the logo.

that's just nionocle's logo with another image inside.

couldn't have been so hard to do..

yeah but get the fla file from Nionicle

I liked your old logo better.

It's clearer and will work better than those new ones in every situation.

i think that the one youve chose for your avatar is good for say a mettalic interface like you said you intend on doing but for other stuff id keep wiht the old one not like the actual logo has changed more how you are presenting it has changed.

i think you should stick to the old one and be more original with the new one.

can't help it but there's no difference with nionicle's one. you didn't even change the background.

if i wouldn't know better i'd call it a blatant rip.

think if you made the button red like your site or mayb the background red i dunno yeha i go with sence in that its a rip but wot the hey you like you can use it i mena not like nionicle doesnt know about it jsut youll have to face the critics.

Hey guys, Nionicle helped me very much to do this, gave his original fla, and let me use the logo now i am using. I asked if i can use, he said "yes u can" . N.P.
If we will work in the same project, why not be similar ???