Shirt.Woot

Aw, Road to My Heart. I love you.

BootsBoots wrote:Aw, Road to My Heart. I love you.

I'm a bit surprised Road to My Heart hasn't made it out of the danger zone. On the bright side, Boots, I'm sure you'll have another print soon!

bluejester wrote:Over 50,000 "Binge" shirts out there, and I have yet to see a one. I'm beginning to think that there's a conspiracy afoot...

Go to a gamer convention. I saw like 5 at PAX this past year, and 3 at BlizzCon.

missmelis wrote:I'm a bit surprised Road to My Heart hasn't made it out of the danger zone.

Saturday's server switch and subsequent site's suspension screwed the shirt's sales.

We debated with Mr. CEO about the whole word-of-mouth thing, but who knows how many tweets and likes was missed out in those hours. And hence, the trickle down effect in which some folks avoid a lower selling shirt because they feel that if someone else didn't like it, they shouldn't either. Probably something about conforming with the masses, etc.

On another note, I need to scrounge up some bucks to get Boots' pudgy and all encompassing little Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie.

Hey -- for a brief moment or two, Morning Powerup was displayed as Reckoned; then I refreshed and Boba Fetch was in 21 instead.

What a surprise. Not.

I guess "dina1234" must be a huge fan of dying Ramyb shirts, because they bought 4 of 'em in the last 10 minutes before noon.

mdraugh wrote:Hey -- for a brief moment or two, Morning Powerup was displayed as Reckoned; then I refreshed and Boba Fetch was in 21 instead.

What a surprise. Not.

I guess "dina1234" must be a huge fan of dying Ramyb shirts, because they bought 4 of 'em in the last 10 minutes before noon.

dina1234 is a consistent last minute fan of his.

Alas Celtic Skull gets the boot today, on Halloween of all days, but it seem a little fitting in a way at least. I'm glad it lasted as long as it did.

I've been back and forth about it this entire time but finally decided to pick it up before it was too late this morning.

mdraugh wrote:Hey -- for a brief moment or two, Morning Powerup was displayed as Reckoned; then I refreshed and Boba Fetch was in 21 instead.

What a surprise. Not.

I guess "dina1234" must be a huge fan of dying Ramyb shirts, because they bought 4 of 'em in the last 10 minutes before noon.

The Bot says Morning Powerup was reckoned. Maybe it flipped then flipped back?

Rhonwyn22 wrote:The Bot says Morning Powerup was reckoned. Maybe it flipped then flipped back?

TOTALLY SCARED OF THE DARK NOW? The reckoning page now shows bobafetch in 21? What's up Wootbot!

Morning Power-Up was reckoned, even the woot-bot acknowledges that, yet it has come back form the dead like a tee shirt zombie!

Sounds like a Halloween trick to me.

Hahahaha revifying shirts when they get reckoned is still happening? Some things never change, woot.

Oh boy ... it looks like another reckoning 167/168 redux on our hands again.

Narfcake wrote:Oh boy ... it looks like another reckoning 167/168 redux on our hands again.

Even the WootBot was duped!

Rhonwyn22 wrote:Even the WootBot was duped!

THIS is what happens when WootBot shows up for work on time...and we wonder why he usually doesn't!

debragr wrote:THIS is what happens when WootBot shows up for work on time...and we wonder why he usually doesn't!

Haha, I laughed. Then I tattled on WootBot's post so hopefully the information gets passed up to the right person/department. Like I said, we don't need another 167/168 ...

Narfcake wrote:Haha, I laughed. Then I tattled on WootBot's post so hopefully the information gets passed up to the right person/department. Like I said, we don't need another 167/168 ...

We don't, but Woot might want a repeat... controversy generates sales!!

/tinfoil hat conspiracy theory

missmelis wrote:We don't, but Woot might want a repeat... controversy generates sales!!

/tinfoil hat conspiracy theory

True. The reckoning just isn't the same without the drama. If that means Woot has to create it themselves ...

I said that I'd jinx it if I made a comment about a certain shirt yesterday and look what happens - Day of The Revived Reckoned T-Shirt!

grahamcrackercoyote wrote:I said that I'd jinx it if I made a comment about a certain shirt yesterday and look what happens - Day of The Revived Reckoned T-Shirt!

In your defense, that comment was so oblique that I had to check the Reckoning to be sure which shirt you were talking about. I myself have often wondered how that shirt has stayed hot so long after spilling into the danger zone time after time. I thought for sure it'd run out of steam this week, but then, my predictions are never worth a hill of beans.

BTW, I don't really think Woot is brewing a conspiracy to create drama. Those unexpected last-minute purchases can really stir things up - not to mention sweeten the pot for the designer whose shirt gets saved.

missmelis wrote:BTW, I don't really think Woot is brewing a conspiracy to create drama. ...

But we like conspiracy theories ...

Narfcake wrote:But we like conspiracy theories ...

Apparently WootBot is a fan of them as well, as that was my first-ever quality post in a Reckoning thread! *dorking out*

Narfcake wrote:But we like conspiracy theories ...

And we haven't had a good one for a while!

/tinfoil hat

grahamcrackercoyote wrote:I said that I'd jinx it if I made a comment about a certain shirt yesterday and look what happens - Day of The Revived Reckoned T-Shirt!

LOL - I knew exactly which shirt you were talking about. And I checked the reckoning this morning and it looked like all was right with the world... and then I checked again this afternoon and - WHAT? And I immediately thought of you :^) It appears you don't have to actually name a shirt-that-will-not-die, you just have to allude to it!!

I checked the Reckoning at 11am Central this morning, and figured there would be some last-minute shenanigans. Looks like I was more right than I thought.....

Narfcake wrote:Haha, I laughed. Then I tattled on WootBot's post so hopefully the information gets passed up to the right person/department. Like I said, we don't need another 167/168 ...

The Reckoning gets haunted this time of year. What happened in 167/168 was terrible. It was so bad that it was worse than the back-from-the-dead bunnies that came before it. Was there any back-from-the-dead bunnies after this fiasco?

At least Boba has had its date of Reckoning Sales so this is not as bad as what happened to Ratios. Except for what the Woot Bot posted. If Powerup get's a boost from this maybe the Bot needs to stay drunk for Haunted Reckonings.

escapecar wrote:I checked the Reckoning at 11am Central this morning, and figured there would be some last-minute shenanigans. Looks like I was more right than I thought.....

Hmm. The more I think about this, and look at the previous reckonings, the more I'd like someone at Woot to show their math.

Look at the previous SIX reckonings. Boba Fetch was ahead of the shirt that shall remain nameless (STSRN, from here on out) in each and every one of them. As of 12:00 this morning, Boba had sold 48 more shirts this week. STSRN has only sold 22 shirts in total today, while Boba has 50 (granted, some of those are no doubt "buy it before it's gone" sales.)

Perhaps my primitive mind can't grasp these concepts. But STSRN being ahead of Boba doesn't seem possible. Someone explain, please.

escapecar wrote:Hmm. The more I think about this, and look at the previous reckonings, the more I'd like someone at Woot to show their math. ...

Well, I'm not at Woot, but over these months, we did figure the formula ...

For the four weeks that Woot bases the reckoning on, we would look at the current sales, go back to the baseline for #217 for the start of the 4 weeks, and then subtract the woot-off sales since they don't count.

As of last night, Boba Fetch's sales were 6509, 5866 base, and 163 woot-off, so a net of 480 sales. Morning Powerup's sales were 7047, 6382 base, and 168 woot-off, so a net of 497. Divide both by 28 days (fixed for any older than four weeks old), and we get the daily sales rate of which their rank is based on.

How this mornings sales did, I do not know since I don't watch or track anymore (for my own sanity). However, it's clear that if WootBot noted Morning Powerup was to be reckoned and that it's actually Boba Fetch that's currently sitting in 21st, then something is still screwy with when a sale gets registered.

Predictions for #221 ...

1. He’ll Probably Be Okay
2. Click or Treat
3. Kitchen Warfare
4. The Binge
5. Nevermore
6. Acquired Taste
7. Haunted Scarecrow
8. Couldn't Care Less Bear
9. It Came Out Of Nowhere
10. Unstealthiest Ninja
11. Always Leave a Note
12. Cell Division
13. Questionable Table of Elements
14. Star Map
15. The Cheese is a Liederkranz
16. Keep Driving
17. Scrub, My Pretty
18. Slow Death
19. Morning Powerup
20. Kittentarō
21. The Realm of Every Game
22. Triage
23. When Life Sucks
24. A Wise Investment?
25. with a… HERRING!
26. Pie, Right?
27. Taking The Bus

Narfcake wrote:Well, I'm not at Woot, but over these months, we did figure the formula ...

For the four weeks that Woot bases the reckoning on, we would look at the current sales, go back to the baseline for #217 for the start of the 4 weeks, and then subtract the woot-off sales since they don't count.

As of last night, Boba Fetch's sales were 6509, 5866 base, and 163 woot-off, so a net of 480 sales. Morning Powerup's sales were 7047, 6382 base, and 168 woot-off, so a net of 497.

How this mornings sales did, I do not know since I don't watch or track anymore (for my own sanity). However, it's clear that if WootBot noted Morning Powerup was to be reckoned and that it's actually Boba Fetch that's currently sitting in 21st, then something still screwy with when a sale gets registered.

Hmm. OK, the calculation certainly makes sense. Going back and looking at the previous threads, I have to guess that the shirt in question racks up a lot of sales on Mondays, because on three out of the four weeks counted in this Reckoning, it was behind Boba at midnight, and as noted, it had a lower DSR at noon for the previous six reckonings.

Interesting. Very interesting.

escapecar wrote:Hmm. OK, the calculation certainly makes sense. Going back and looking at the previous threads, I have to guess that the shirt in question racks up a lot of sales on Mondays, because on three out of the four weeks counted in this Reckoning, it was behind Boba at midnight, and as noted, it had a lower DSR at noon for the previous six reckonings.

Interesting. Very interesting.

I drink the most coffee on Mondays