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mjc613 wrote:There are future weekends - the World Cup is only just starting!

Very true! But still...would've been nice

wongton wrote:No one else saw IDF and immediately thought Isreali Defense Forces? I gotta stop watching so much military channel...

Exactly what I thought and makes the shirt even better for the subliminal messages. :-p

BTW, I was not aware of the IDF acronym's other meaning. Either way, it'd be difficult to pull a pro- or con-IDF out of this shirt.

It seems my shirts are always accidentally political -- you should have heard the uproar when I threw a sunburst behind my Cat Carrier shirt -- everyone thought it was pro-WW2 Japan!

I think this design is a great one for this derby and congratulations on your print!

Congrats, Robert! Great design with a wonderful color choice. Are you going to interview yourself?

Way to go Robert! I thought we would see this Sunday, but today is even better. You know I am a fan of this clean illustratorish look, so hopefully we will see more wins like this.

thatrobert wrote:It seems my shirts are always accidentally political -- you should have heard the uproar when I threw a sunburst behind my Cat Carrier shirt -- everyone thought it was pro-WW2 Japan!

That's hilarious. You would've thought they moved on by now...

Congrats on a great shirt!

gryhnd wrote:Awesome design. Wish it was offered earlier...would have worn for the World Cup this weekend...

This is the way Woot! works. A lack for any type of timing and foresight makes a Woot! offering irrelevant. It's kind of charming. Look for July 4th themed shirt in three weeks.

I hear the IDF has an extreme shortage of goalkeepers...

wongton wrote:No one else saw IDF and immediately thought Isreali Defense Forces? I gotta stop watching so much military channel...

I did as well, makes the shirt unwearable imo.

I'm having troubles seeing how it would be passed. Perhaps I'm over thinking things.

Ha! "thatrobert" is now officially "T. Hatro Bert".

Woot started it in the write up and now the Daily What is saying it.
http://thedailywh.at/post/690789733/tee-of-the-day-intergalactic-deathmatch

I saw it on the internet, so it must be true. :-)

valianteffort wrote:Neither, it's Australian Rules Deathball!

Redundant, that. "Australian Rules" translates to "all regard for personal safety, and any other universal signs of sane behavior, have been expunged."

I'm always somewhat surprised when ARF players bleed red. I expect, instead, some kind of glowing green ooze, ala "Re-animator". Or perhaps Jägermeister.

ressamac wrote:Congrats, Robert! Great design with a wonderful color choice. Are you going to interview yourself?

Thanks Ressa. Yes, I will be interviewing myself! I wonder what I'll say?

pi3832 wrote:Redundant, that. "Australian Rules" translates to "all regard for personal safety, and any other universal signs of sane behavior, have been expunged."

I'm always somewhat surprised when ARF players bleed red. I expect, instead, some kind of glowing green ooze, ala "Re-animator". Or perhaps Jägermeister.

Great! Thanks for the name change, Woot...

I was upset when I found out the derby was going to be about sports. I'm not at all a sports guy, and I know next to nothing about football/soccer, but when I saw this shirt in the derby I was dying for it. In for 1!

BurtMom3 wrote:This shirt would be top on my list but I hate misspelling. What ever happened to Futbol. Not FOOTBALL. Football very rarely uses the foot so why Football. Futbol uses the foot and is the depiction.

Different languages maybe? Cause we speak, you know, English, we don't have those little funny things above our vowels.

I think i might need to get this, except i'm kinda poor and USA tied England, which is good enough for me

Apricottarte wrote:I did as well, makes the shirt unwearable imo.

I bought one for every day of the week, just to compensate.

Two balls enter, one ball leaves.

So glad this printed! It's simple and good.

mgherter wrote:I bought one for every day of the week, just to compensate.

And now I love you. :D

This also reminds me a lot of the classic game "Speedball".

wongton wrote:No one else saw IDF and immediately thought Isreali Defense Forces? I gotta stop watching so much military channel...

I'm 100% with you, my first thoughts were "Whoah, a Woot shirt about real world issues? Whaaaaa...?" before I read the bottom. It's a shame, if they just left it at IDF I'd get it to support them!

Borkmeister wrote:I'm 100% with you, my first thoughts were "Whoah, a Woot shirt about real world issues? Whaaaaa...?" before I read the bottom. It's a shame, if they just left it at IDF I'd get it to support them!

I have to ask -- so, how would tie the spiked soccer ball to the Israeli Defense Force???

epee1221 wrote:Reminds me of the Demoman's sticky bombs

I bought one for that exact reason.

win!

Seriously nice design. The only thing holding me back is that the colors should be royal blue/red/white instead of navy/burgundy/creme. If you're trying to parody the NBA/MLB logos, that is. If so or if not, rock on. Cool ass design, regardless.

streetwalkincheetah wrote:Seriously nice design. The only thing holding me back is that the colors should be royal blue/red/white instead of navy/burgundy/creme. If you're trying to parody the NBA/MLB logos, that is. If so or if not, rock on. Cool ass design, regardless.

Thanks. I started with those colors but I'm rarely one to go for bright sunny colors like that so I experimented with some desaturated shades until I found something I really enjoyed.

simple yet pleasing

Thanks everyone for the nice comments! Also for the respectable sales considering it was a theme everyone though would bomb!

I don't buy too many woot shirts, but this is one I had to have. Great design!

Congrats, t.hat.robert! I bought 2. Can't wait to wear this during a world cup game or two.

Wow. I didn't realize Deathmatch Football is already over 60 years old:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_Match

In for one!