WootBot


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Time again for another march toward t-shirt doom! Discuss this week's life-or-death struggle for sales supremacy as chronicled on the Reckoning page all week long.

Here's how the Reckoning week runs now: every Tuesday at midnight, we retire the previous week's lowest-selling shirts and launch this here discussion thread. Tuesday around noon we'll post the all-new, all-early Reckoning Recon. On Friday, we'll juice demand and prime the pump with a little weekend reminder post. Finally, on the following Monday, the Day of Reckoning post sounds the last call for the Reckoned shirts. All of those posts will be linked below. Monday night (or Tuesday morning), it starts all over again. The Reckoning, she is a hungry beast...



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renkenr


quality posts: 7 Private Messages renkenr

Ah yes, the Reckoning. I've been expecting you.

etripoli


quality posts: 18 Private Messages etripoli

Ramyb may currently occupy one-fifth of the safe spots, but he's only got one top 10 design, compared to patrickpens' two. Just sayin'.

rtuneg35


quality posts: 0 Private Messages rtuneg35

How is Nevermore the worst seller but its still #9?

novastarj


quality posts: 30 Private Messages novastarj
rtuneg35 wrote:How is Nevermore the worst seller but its still #9?



Ranking is average sales over the past several weeks. Worst seller is sales since the past reckoning (i.e., several hours ago).

Anyway, surprised (and sad) to see Rainy Souls premiere so low, I still think that's an excellent design. Perhaps more suited to posters than a t-shirt I guess.

mrjag123


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Nevermore
survived 156 weeks

and into year four on the charts...

moronbrigade


quality posts: 23 Private Messages moronbrigade

Patrick and Raymb collectivly own 34% of the reckoning's 27 seven spots. Only other people that have multiple spots are Jasneko and Budi. Do I feel a monopoly coming on?

Seize the Opportunity.

WootBot


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It's Tuesday again, and that means it's time for your weekly update on the Reckoning standings. This week's broadcast is brought to you by oranges. Oranges: They've got appeal. Here are the Reckoning standings as of when I copied and pasted this:

  1. Meh
  2. World 1-1 Building 
  3. Acquired Taste
  4. They call me... Tim
  5. Unstealthiest Ninja 
  6. Reflections on Pi
  7. The Binge
  8. Cooler Than You
  9. Nevermore
  10. It Came Out Of Nowhere
  11. Magic Lamp
  12. No one left to play with
  13. Fresh Cake
  14. Odd Bear Out
  15. Star trails remix
  16. Natural Instinct
  17. School
  18. I'm not contagious, I swear
  19. Gingers!
  20. Saving the World, One Small Step at a Time


THE DANGER ZONE

 

 

bassanimation


quality posts: 97 Private Messages bassanimation
Arthurbrigade wrote:Patrick and Raymb collectivly own 34% of the reckoning's 27 seven spots. Only other people that have multiple spots are Jasneko and Budi. Do I feel a monopoly coming on?



Wouldn't that be a 'duopoly'?

ssquire


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w00t! I may have to buy my second one before too much longer...

mrjag123 wrote:Nevermore
survived 156 weeks

and into year four on the charts...



renkenr


quality posts: 7 Private Messages renkenr

Can we move Nevermore into the "Woot Permanent Collection?"

Can we get a "Woot Permanent Collection?"

Assassin15


quality posts: 161 Private Messages Assassin15
renkenr wrote:Can we move Nevermore into the "Woot Permanent Collection?"



Can we not? Can we just retire it immediately?

PULL UP YOUR SKIRT, WE'RE ON A MISSION/
WE NEED A HERO, NOT A POLITICIAN - "Panhammer" by Phinehas

jimbobka


quality posts: 0 Private Messages jimbobka

Congrats to the Nevermore shirt! It's a great shirt - bought it for my daughter over a year ago.

Shadowhunter312


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novastarj wrote:Anyway, surprised (and sad) to see Rainy Souls premiere so low, I still think that's an excellent design. Perhaps more suited to posters than a t-shirt I guess.



Agreed on Rainy Day. It's pretty sad to see all the noobs start off in the danger zone. I really love a good reckoning where some noobs can kick some elderly shirts into their graves. It's fun to see shirts fluctuate all over the place.

bduboftexas


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Make nevermore go away!! Please - it wasn't good to begin with - I don't get the appeal

byronicman2


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bduboftexas wrote:Make nevermore go away!! Please - it wasn't good to begin with - I don't get the appeal



I agree! Who is buying that awful shirt?

tcanning


quality posts: 5 Private Messages tcanning

I bought the $10 Woot Lights with $10 t-shirt credit LAST April Fools Day (4/1/10), and haven't been tempted by a Woot shirt since.

Not even sure why I keep checking every day...

Narfcake


quality posts: 239 Private Messages Narfcake
byronicman2 wrote:I agree! Who is buying that awful shirt?



Folks who are a fan of Edgar Allan Poe?

Just because you don't care for it doesn't mean that others don't either.

FWIW, with the woot-off sale earlier, it probably sold quite a few more, assuring it for at least a couple more weeks.

borandi


quality posts: 2 Private Messages borandi

I hear it keeps getting worn by people on TV, getting more acclaim...

queenkt


quality posts: 1 Private Messages queenkt
mrjag123 wrote:Nevermore
survived 156 weeks

and into year four on the charts...



It's actually amazing that anything can last as long as 4 years on the internets!

ajgorak


quality posts: 0 Private Messages ajgorak

I'll always have a soft spot for Nevermore... My first Woot. It may have only been a month ago, but I maintain that I'm allowed to get nostalgic already.

bluejester


quality posts: 530 Private Messages bluejester

With how long Nevermore has been in the reckoning so long, I was wondering what that would some one care to do a break down of what the Reckoning to Human years ratio is?

I know the saying goes that 1 human year is like 7 in dog years, so how old would Nevermore be if we had an average lifespan of shirt "years?"

WootBot


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No, we're not going to make a "Friday" joke. Rebecca Black isn't deserving of any cyber-bullying but we're sure as hell not about to hop aboard the "let's all pretend it's a good song to make her feel better" express, either. Fridays are merciless days when t-shirts face their last brutal challenge before the Reckoning, not sun-dappled mornings spent figuring out where to sit (hint: the open seat). Take a minute today and check out our current Reckoning standings. You'll notice some noobs in the mix of our Top 20, and you'll also notice some shirts that definitely need to be pushed down toward the Danger Zone. Not the ones you like, though. We're totally on your side. Just buy one.

 

PixelPants


quality posts: 63 Private Messages PixelPants

Wow, Acquired Taste has sold over 10,000 shirts in 7 weeks. That's a quarter of the big business The Binge has done during it's 82 weeks. Someone should call Patrick on his gold-plated phone and congratulate him.

bluejester


quality posts: 530 Private Messages bluejester
PixelPants wrote:Wow, Acquired Taste has sold over 10,000 shirts in 7 weeks. That's a quarter of the big business The Binge has done during it's 82 weeks. Someone should call Patrick on his gold-plated phone and congratulate him.



You'll have to catch him in between times that he skinny dips in his Scrooge McDuck sized money bin.

capsfanbryce


quality posts: 4 Private Messages capsfanbryce

Awesome Derby this week. Well done to all the winners, hopefully you're around for many a reckoning to come!

moronbrigade


quality posts: 23 Private Messages moronbrigade

This is going to be one interesting reckoning, two ramb shirts in the danger zone. Its going to be an interesting day!

Seize the Opportunity.

moronbrigade


quality posts: 23 Private Messages moronbrigade

Tick Tock, the Reckoning bells are nearing! Raymb and Patrick, two of Woots stars of shirts are in a battle to the death for their shirts! Who will win? Stay Tuned!

Seize the Opportunity.

Narfcake


quality posts: 239 Private Messages Narfcake

A half hour left, and the current positions and sales counts ...

15. Fresh Cake - 12233
16. Odd Bear Out - 3904
17. Natural Instinct - 4639
18. Star trails remix - 4235
19. Saving the World, One Small Step at a Time - 1810
20. Rainy Souls - 1617
21. School - 14738
22. Gingers! - 4371
23. I’m not contagious, I swear - 2402

Lets see what pans out ...

novastarj


quality posts: 30 Private Messages novastarj

No, not Rainy Souls! What an underappreciated shirt

Narfcake


quality posts: 239 Private Messages Narfcake

Additional sales in the past 45 minutes ...

Fresh Cake +0
Odd Bear Out +1
Natural Instinct +0
Star trails remix +0
Saving the World, One Small Step at a Time +0
Rainy Souls +1
School +8
Gingers! +0
I’m not contagious, I swear +1

WootBot


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Oh wow, look at that. A ramyb shirt leaps from the Danger Zone at the last possible minute. How predictably frustrating. Well we've still got some good shirts open for business in our Reckoning page like small shops in Anytown, USA. And while the big shiny Wal-Mart continues to drive them out of business with its questionable ethics and business tactics we urge you to take a look at what they have to offer and consider supporting them. Especially if you want any of these guys, because as of today at midnight they're gone baby gone:

Rainy Souls
Gingers!
I'm not contagious, I swear
Fin
Bearloons
Traveling on the Speed of Sound

 

lochnessa


quality posts: 1 Private Messages lochnessa

The woot selected shirts seem to be Made of Fail as of late, sales wise.

renegadetim


quality posts: 11 Private Messages renegadetim
lochnessa wrote:The woot selected shirts seem to be Made of Fail as of late, sales wise.



So says you. The top 2 shirts were selected by woot, and so was Reflections of Pi which stood at the top of the ranks for awhile too. Meh, World 1-1, and Reflections of Pi have all sold extremely well, and are all pretty recent choices.

novastarj


quality posts: 30 Private Messages novastarj
WootBot wrote:Oh wow, look at that. A ramyb shirt leaps from the Danger Zone at the last possible minute. How predictably frustrating.



Quite a sarcastic WootBot we have today.

Nekkochan


quality posts: 4 Private Messages Nekkochan
novastarj wrote:Quite a sarcastic WootBot we have today.



They're just trying to save us all the trouble of having to type it ourselves... again.

gricomet


quality posts: 35 Private Messages gricomet

Aww, Rainy Souls got so close. That is a cool shirt. Glad I got mine the first day.

Darquis


quality posts: 27 Private Messages Darquis

But woot bot, one also bit the dust, so that's sort of a mixed bag eh? 1 in the top 10 with only 4 in the 20 (two of which hover precariously near dying) has to be good for Ramy haters.

HBoyter


quality posts: 0 Private Messages HBoyter

Did I miss the party for Nevermore(the Raven) reaching 3 years?

lochnessa


quality posts: 1 Private Messages lochnessa
renegadetim wrote:So says you. The top 2 shirts were selected by woot, and so was Reflections of Pi which stood at the top of the ranks for awhile too. Meh, World 1-1, and Reflections of Pi have all sold extremely well, and are all pretty recent choices.



Yeah, was referring to the three woot noobs in "last place".