Shirt.Woot

I just don't see the attraction of such an old idea as sucking up to the old-time gamer crowd. I remember these games in the bars. I remember seeing the people who played them. They weren't all that attractive then, and nostalgia aside, they aren't all that attractive now.

I didn't get it until I read the discussion. And I'm not counting on anyone to remember that much about Pac Man these days.

I don't think attracting the people who used to play PacMan in the bar is really the point. PacMan is kind of retro. Even if you weren't hard core into it -- even if you weren't even alive for it, everybody knows what PacMan is.

Artistic approaches to (not even) one dimensional characters are still kind of ironic, and since it's not a cute animal this time, it's not as hard for guys to wear.

I like the design except I just don't like how blue it is. Did it have to be on a blue shirt, especially on that shade of blue? Congrats though.

techspecs wrote:I like the design except I just don't like how blue it is. Did it have to be on a blue shirt, especially on that shade of blue? Congrats though.

The point was to use a shirt color that matched the blue of the ghosts when they switch to edible after eating the special pellet, that way Brian could minimize the colors used in the design. It's a great way to use only two ink colors. Not the BEST design, but the minimalist color palette works for the piece.

Not even close to looking Appitizing.

lockey wrote:Looking at the shirt again I agree. Not sure though might still get it. Damn you economy...making me doubt all my purchases now.

would have been better black, i do agree and if the pac man was possibly still eating the ghost...
i know this is ignorance- but is the economy really that bad that a shirt is a hard decision?/ i dont live in the states at the moment so i do not know.....

Congrats, very cool design. The lovely color palette reminds me of Oreos too.

i like this shirt. royal blue is nice, the design is funny. a lot of crying going around here ahuhu.

XonoX wrote:Pac had teeth ?

great observation!
just makes the shirt more nylon.

What really turns me off is that the glass of milk...doesn't even look like a glass of milk.

That is supposed to be a glass of milk, right?

Being formerly employed by Namco, I felt that this shirt is pretty cool and should get it. Though I don't expect the black to show up very well on royal blue, and I absolutely have too many blue shirts... I think I like it enough still. I certainly haven't bought any of the Mario or Tetris shirts. Some people were raised on things prior to Mario.

KittyPryde wrote:Being formerly employed by Namco, I felt that this shirt is pretty cool and should get it. Though I don't expect the black to show up very well on royal blue, and I absolutely have too many blue shirts... I think I like it enough still. I certainly haven't bought any of the Mario or Tetris shirts. Some people were raised on things prior to Mario.

yeah like pong and astriods, and 8-b*all deluxe!

Not going to purchase this shirt, for so many reasons it just doesn't say buy me.

This is great. In for one!

Clever take on the subject. Nice one!

Josephus wrote:I just don't see the attraction of such an old idea as sucking up to the old-time gamer crowd. I remember these games in the bars. I remember seeing the people who played them. They weren't all that attractive then, and nostalgia aside, they aren't all that attractive now.

Don't look now, but the people who buy stuff on Woot (and actually, the interwebs in general) aren't what you would call "the beautiful people".

Would have bought this if it were a black shirt. I was thinking of ripping the design off and making myself a one-off shirt on CP, but if I'm going to infringe someone's copyright I guess I'd just as soon do something more clever.

To the guy who suggested that making the shirt royal blue instead of black was an elegant way to keep it down to two colors, er, one of the two colors is black.

in for one...couldn't pass up the opportunity for a video game nerd pacman shirt!

TheMadMule wrote:What really turns me off is that the glass of milk...doesn't even look like a glass of milk.

That is supposed to be a glass of milk, right?

I think it's also supposed to look kind of like a power pellet.

2005vette wrote:WOOOOW.... What happened to the no PAC MAN rules???

But I do like it... Debating the purchase.. Ohh this is hard....

That's what she said.

raindog469 wrote:Don't look now, but the people who buy stuff on Woot (and actually, the interwebs in general) aren't what you would call "the beautiful people".

Speak for yourself. ;)

raindog469 wrote:Don't look now, but the people who buy stuff on Woot (and actually, the interwebs in general) aren't what you would call "the beautiful people".

BootsBoots, Jewelwing, TheJakey188, and Sokowa would disagree, and that's just a small sampling. (Jakey isn't a designer, but he has so many shirt pics ;) ) Don't generalize and say that people online aren't "the beautiful people". At least 4 of the many photos I could dig up say otherwise.

raindog469 wrote:Would have bought this if it were a black shirt. I was thinking of ripping the design off and making myself a one-off shirt on CP, but if I'm going to infringe someone's copyright I guess I'd just as soon do something more clever.

Rip off the design, and I hope woot comes after you with a lawsuit, since they own the design.

raindog469 wrote:To the guy who suggested that making the shirt royal blue instead of black was an elegant way to keep it down to two colors, er, one of the two colors is black.

And I'm not a guy. I'd have thought my icon would prove otherwise, but if that can't get it through to you, maybe this can.
As for making the shirt on black, the amount of detail that would have been illustrated in blue would be too much and ruin the simplicity. Sure, it can be done, but the point of designing it this way is to show how the negative becomes the piece.

zozzles wrote:shirt.woot sez:

"Royal Blue. Why Royal? Because we’re packing them in! Get it? Get it?"

Uh, no. Would someone please explain this to me? And yes, I'm truly this dense.

Don't feel bad... I'm not getting that reference either. But then maybe that's the point.

JadenKale wrote:

Awww, Jaden, you should have included yourself with the beautiful people. Skinny does not always equal beautiful. I think I can get some WXL girls in da house to agree with me on that one.

iris420 wrote:Awww, Jaden, you should have included yourself with the beautiful people. Skinny does not always equal beautiful. I think I can get some WXL girls in da house to agree with me on that one.

I wasn't trying to talk myself up and I wasn't trying to sound pompous. That would have been the perceived intention had I added myself. My point was, there are a great many people on the internet that are "beautiful people". And regardless of the current comment on my picture, the majority would not see me in that light so no need to put myself up to be scrutinized through a microscope.

JadenKale wrote:And I'm not a guy. I'd have thought my icon would prove otherwise, but if that can't get it through to you, maybe this can.
As for making the shirt on black, the amount of detail that would have been illustrated in blue would be too much and ruin the simplicity. Sure, it can be done, but the point of designing it this way is to show how the negative becomes the piece.

That's an awesome pic, Jaden. You look sort of lost in your world of creativity, interrupted only briefly to notice the camera.

eneref wrote:That's an awesome pic, Jaden. You look sort of lost in your world of creativity, interrupted only briefly to notice the camera.

heh... thanks. Me and my messy workplace... well that day it was messy.

Congrats on the fact that someone from Morris, AL created this! Impressive...

raindog469 wrote:Don't look now, but the people who buy stuff on Woot (and actually, the interwebs in general) aren't what you would call "the beautiful people".

Would have bought this if it were a black shirt. I was thinking of ripping the design off and making myself a one-off shirt on CP, but if I'm going to infringe someone's copyright I guess I'd just as soon do something more clever.

To the guy who suggested that making the shirt royal blue instead of black was an elegant way to keep it down to two colors, er, one of the two colors is black.

How the heck would you know if people who buy from Woot are beautiful or not???? You may be ugly but I'm not.

iris420 wrote:Awww, Jaden, you should have included yourself with the beautiful people. Skinny does not always equal beautiful. I think I can get some WXL girls in da house to agree with me on that one.

Amen to that...not counting the fact that beauty is more than physical.

No sad rat link today? I can't find it, can someone provide? Thanks.

BootsBoots wrote:I think it's also supposed to look kind of like a power pellet.

I think the milk looks like a face that wants to eat the cookie-ghosts. I like it.

I really like this shirt, and I'm a sucker for blue and white, especially since its my city's colors, too.

But I'm sick of not being able to buy randoms because I know I already bought everything I wanted. So my new strategy is to purposely not buy shirts I want, and try to magically get them in randoms. It seems fun, so I'll give it a try and save some money while I'm at it.

Other than that, though, fantastic shirt. Love it!

donnaluvswoot wrote:How the heck would you know if people who buy from Woot are beautiful or not???? You may be ugly but I'm not.

Hahaha, I was thinking the same exact thing! What a fool he is to think beauty can be labeled like that, everyone is beautiful in their own way, its just we're so far lost in commercialism that most idiotic people only care about blond this and that.

thejakeyl88 wrote:Hahaha, I was thinking the same exact thing! What a fool he is to think beauty can be labeled like that, everyone is beautiful in their own way, its just we're so far lost in commercialism that most idiotic people only care about blond this and that.

hey... but I posted you. Actually, I only linked one blonde. XD Soko had to be the odd duck out.

Totally off topic, but is there a reason why join dates and post counts have disappeared and been replaced by 'quality posts' of which, apparently, most of us have none? :|

goldenthorn wrote:It seems there's been a redesign. If you hover your cursor over someone's name, the join date and post count are still there. I'm assuming "quality posts" are those which have been featured in the highlighting-comments-on-the-shirt-of-the-day section on a shirt's front page.

Ah, I see. It does show up, along with some seemingly broken HTML code.

Not really a fan, I must say.

ETA: must have been my browser wonking, I don't get the weird html tags anymore. Hm.

Reminds me of a cake my girlfriend once baked for me ;D

StillVictorious wrote:Speak for yourself. ;)

Yeah, no kidding!