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On June 16 2009 09:56 Durak wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2009 05:29 ReS wrote:
I feel like the only reason they can do this is because they are Artosis and Tasteless and most people will love. I feel that if me or any other average poster but up these half ass plain text shirts trying to make a few bucks then they would be torn apart by everyone here and delete and/or temp-ban would ensue. So I can't really say that I agree with using your position in the community to do this. He put up some shirts. People want the shirts enough to buy them. Transaction complete. If people didn't want the shirts they wouldn't buy them so I don't see why this is abusing his popularity. I'd say this is better than a voting thread.
My point is this: If you or I posted this thread and said we were the ones doing this, would we get a mostly positive reaction like this thread did? I think it would be quite the opposite. I say that because the shirts are zero effort required (with the exception of two, but I don't know if they even did the artwork themselves for those).
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On June 16 2009 10:27 HuskyTheHusky wrote:You do realize he plugs the site to thousands and thousands of viewers almost every cast right? Like... you knew that right?
I was giving him a compliment.
Like... you knew that right?
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Snet
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I honestly would never buy these but good effort making your own site.
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Ok, charging more for the Philosoraptor one is pretty lame. I think I'll buy the 1a2a3a one when I get the money, and the Philosoraptor one if the price is lowered. Not that $4 or so is that much, but out of sheer principle I wouldn't pay that much more for something because it has more than 1 line of text.
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I bought a alive panda bear guy... shipping so expensive tho T-T.
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i just rofl'd so hard at philosoraptor
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Canada3953 Posts
this is like my 5th time clicking this topic and i must say there is nothing baller about "i hate dts" f u newbs, dts rule. I'd slap a guy in that shirt and call him bad
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"Frankly we just don't think there is much good nerd attire out which motivated us to do this."
Really?
You sure it wasn't money?
Now maybe you really are fashion heroes fighting for a cause but I'm gonna have to with "money".
Either way though some of the shirts are pretty damn funny.
Pricey, but funny.
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Holy shit. This is the kind of thing where when you try to convince your gf to wear this shirt, she spends the whole time trying to remind herself why she's still with you.
"Yeah, honey, I know it's kinda lame and dorky... but... it's funny! I mean look at the shirt and read it... it says, 'my boyfriend hates dts'. And I'm your boyfriend and I hate dts, how perfect is that? I mean it makes perfect sense. I mean look at it, c'mon! ... Why are you being such a bitch about this?"
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On June 18 2009 10:17 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:???
pluto was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet, dropping our system's planet count by 1!
alot of funny jokes came about then, such as theonion's article about sending the consoler probe out to pluto.
i <3 the shirt design you linked haha :D
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Great easy to navigate site, but i'm gonna hold on until there are more designs to choose from.
And plz bigger images for shirts.
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cool shirts, i'd buy an 'i hate dts' shirt if i could justify it to myself. unfortunately, at ~$19 after shipping, i could almost buy two shirts from woot for the same price.
i realize that it is hard to compete financially with such a sales juggernaut as woot, but i can't see myself buying any of the shirts until they're in the $12-$15 range after shipping
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Some clever idea's but definitely lacking in quality, especially for that price.
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I want a shirt with a high templar.
Those shirts are awesome I'd buy 'em if I had minerals around....
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On June 16 2009 05:05 Spartan wrote:
The price of the shirts are no way fair for their quality.. no offense, but who would pay $16.95 for a shirt that says "gg" in big italicized letters. I mean, I could just grab a plain white tee and a sharpie and go to town on that badboy.. for free! At most, the "gg" shirt should be $8-10 ($2-3 for the shirt itself, $1 for ink, $4-5 for upmark/profit). I took a screen printing class and got certified back in high school so I know a thing or two about shirts. I even printed/sold shirts for clubs around school.
These are probably printed on demand, which makes for much higher prices.
On PrintMojo the cheapest shirts are $4.50 or so for one color of ink if you buy 300+, but closer to $10 if you do the min order of 24, and that's not counting the $3.50/order they charge. So $17 isn't all that surprising (I'm not saying they're worth that though). Better idea would've been to make 2-3 good designs and order a bulk batch, but that requires having a few thousand dollars lying around and confidence that they'll sell well.
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No offense but, these t-shirts look very cheap and not too baller.
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On June 18 2009 12:04 Rev0lution wrote:
No offense but, these t-shirts look very cheap and not too baller.
You can't get more baller than an ice dwarf.
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I wish the 1a2a3a shirt was available in a womens size at all, it'd be specifically awesome in red w/ white or black lettering.
...and power overwhelming....I think the pale blue and white combo is perfect, but no womens sizes are offered
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On June 16 2009 11:20 ReS wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2009 09:56 Durak wrote:On June 16 2009 05:29 ReS wrote:
I feel like the only reason they can do this is because they are Artosis and Tasteless and most people will love. I feel that if me or any other average poster but up these half ass plain text shirts trying to make a few bucks then they would be torn apart by everyone here and delete and/or temp-ban would ensue. So I can't really say that I agree with using your position in the community to do this. He put up some shirts. People want the shirts enough to buy them. Transaction complete. If people didn't want the shirts they wouldn't buy them so I don't see why this is abusing his popularity. I'd say this is better than a voting thread. My point is this: If you or I posted this thread and said we were the ones doing this, would we get a mostly positive reaction like this thread did? I think it would be quite the opposite. I say that because the shirts are zero effort required (with the exception of two, but I don't know if they even did the artwork themselves for those).
It doesn't matter what kind of reply you'd get in the thread; their popularity isn't going to make any significantly larger number of people buy them since the internet is very impersonal so any popularity or guilt-trips aren't going to have a real-life effect, especially on money.
In the first place, you seem to be very whiny since you're complaining about how their business gets better treatment than an unknown person. Well, duh, what did you expect? You want people to treat a famous person more than an unknown person? That's idealistic, romantic thinking. This is reality. Get over it, if you're upset that's your problem and nothing they're doing would be counted as abusive. What are you, the moral police?
'/end rant.
Anyways, I like a few of these shirts but most of them try too hard to be funny if that makes sense. I would love a SCV shirt, anyone know where I can get one of those.
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