Shirt.Woot

Moustaches seems to be all I have left to say. And that my family had to stop playing Risk together because it was too much 'fun.' And I once had a cat who would step onto the board and start pushing dice through armies. She always won. So I suspect these cats will not be in their civilized poses for long.

Hmm, yes, indeed a 42 minute delay is odd, but that is what happens when monkeys are put in charge of the internet. It would have been 42 seconds if cats were in charge.

Awesome Risk! I wish, we could get this in a Poster, would buy in a heart beat.

//edit, nevermind looks like the designer doesn't offer prints anywhere. Still awesome.

aerc712 wrote:Hmm, yes, indeed a 42 minute delay is odd, but that is what happens when monkeys are put in charge of the internet. It would have been 42 seconds if cats were in charge.

If my puppy were in charge, she'd still be licking the internet enthusiastically. (Instead, she is trying to dig a hole in the sofa.)

What worries me most is 42 minutes to first purchase. Narfcake once calculated and established that server errors on a shirt's debut day really hurt sales. Everything still seem rickety around here; let's hope the servers stabilize soon.

templarian wrote:I wish, we could get this in a Poster, would buy in a heart beat.

Especially if said poster was printed on velvet.

World domination, like a sir.

Congratulations, ramyb, for getting prints on two sites on the same day! I'm not naming names, but it rhymes with Brie Flurry.

Like a snowstorm of cheese.

tercathian wrote:Especially if said poster was printed on velvet.

That would be awesome, but paper would also be fine (since I would dry matte it and put it over my TV). Love this design.

Was a huge risk fan during back during the college years.

I would buy this if it wasn't a black shirt. A tan color or gray or dark blue, but not black.

Please redo it without black.

Personally, I think that this just shows how lazy and shiftless cats are. Who but a cat would have the time to commit to a full game of Risk? I tell ya, between lying in sunbeams and playing over-involved board games, cats have the easy life.

please....stop.....I am powerless against you cats shirts. YOU will pay my property taxes this year.

Simply epic.

neuropsychosocial wrote:If my puppy were in charge, she'd still be licking the internet enthusiastically. (Instead, she is trying to dig a hole in the sofa.)

What worries me most is 42 minutes to first purchase. Narfcake once calculated and established that server errors on a shirt's debut day really hurt sales. Everything still seem rickety around here; let's hope the servers stabilize soon.

Well, according to ThunderThighs something with Amazon went kablooey and caused the problems. At least the way I understood it, the issue was much bigger than woot monkeys getting caught up in a fight between board game loving cats.

Numbers start to confuse me beyond 1+1 so I will defer to the experts for that stuff, but I have a hunch that a ramyb shirt with smart cats playing a popular board game won't suffer terribly from the servers throwing up on themselves.

aerc712 wrote:Well, according to ThunderThighs something with Amazon went kablooey and caused the problems. At least the way I understood it, the issue was much bigger than woot monkeys getting caught up in a fight between board game loving cats.

Numbers start to confuse me beyond 1+1 so I will defer to the experts for that stuff, but I have a hunch that a ramyb shirt with smart cats playing a popular board game won't suffer terribly from the servers throwing up on themselves.

Nothing in my post blamed anyone for the server downtime; I merely continued the joke of the two posters above me who were comparing how long it would have taken various animals to get servers running by noting that my puppy would been a lousy sysadmin. I stand by my statement that my puppy would be a lousy sysadmin.

As for the latter: intuition is not as reliable as statistics. Will Ramy sell some shirts today? Sure. Will Ramy sell as many shirts today as he would have if the servers were perfect? No, he will not. It's okay if you don't understand the math behind that argument, but the calculations and statistics are valid: server errors have a demonstrably negative impact on sales. If you'd like to refute the conclusion that server errors have a demonstrably negative effect on sales, with sales figures and calculations of your own, feel free to do so. If you'd like evidence that predictions based on intuition are actually wrong more often than they're correct - well, I teach an entire undergrad course on that topic. I don't have time to summarize an entire semester's-worth of undergrad course material, but you'll welcome to come sit in: we have a GREAT time!

Damn you woot. I want this T-Shirt, but I already own more than I can wear

This shirt features everything I love: cats, top hats, and monocles.

Looks more like "Diplomacy" than "Risk".

So cats have a south-up world perspective? I always knew they were weird, this just proves it.

What is better than a cat on a T-shirt? Hmmmm....well when the cats on the shirt have mustaches, I'd say that's pretty awesome! In for 1 to make my 15 year old very happy. :P Happy Friday wooters!

While I consider myself a weirdo for being on Woot all day, I am not ready to be a cat person. Someone get some dog shirts going on! I need more shirts, but I don't do rollerblades, or cats...

Big Day for ramyb! he/she's got the featured shirt here on shirtwoot! and over on teefury. Congrats!

Unfortunately, they spent the preceding hours batting the cards and dice under furniture.

I, for one, welcome our new kitty overlords.

neuropsychosocial wrote:Nothing in my post blamed anyone for the server downtime; I merely continued the joke of the two posters above me who were comparing how long it would have taken various animals to get servers running by noting that my puppy would been a lousy sysadmin. I stand by my statement that my puppy would be a lousy sysadmin.

As for the latter: intuition is not as reliable as statistics. Will Ramy sell some shirts today? Sure. Will Ramy sell as many shirts today as he would have if the servers were perfect? No, he will not. It's okay if you don't understand the math behind that argument, but the calculations and statistics are valid: server errors have a demonstrably negative impact on sales. If you'd like to refute the conclusion that server errors have a demonstrably negative effect on sales, with sales figures and calculations of your own, feel free to do so. If you'd like evidence that predictions based on intuition are actually wrong more often than they're correct - well, I teach an entire undergrad course on that topic. I don't have time to summarize an entire semester's-worth of undergrad course material, but you'll welcome to come sit in: we have a GREAT time!

And I was just repeating what ThunderThighs had posted elsewhere in actual explanation of the downtime.

As for everything else - relax. I didn't say I thought the numbers were wrong or anything. I was just putting out there that I believe a design by a popular artist featuring a) cute animals and b) a popular board game would probably do well sales wise. I'm not saying that intuition is better than stats that people spend so much time on. Yeesh.

Risk.. oh my that's a game I haven't played in a long time. It's definitely more fun than poker too!

My first thought was that Orange Cat clearly has the advantage in this game, holding Australia and only one country away from holding South America is a pretty strong position.

Then I realized that Tophat Cat seems to be in sole possession of Europe, and currently has the most armies on the board, so if his turn comes up with that advantage, he could definitely swing this game in his favor.

Im tired of all the cats to be perfectly honest

Shrubbo wrote:This shirt features everything I love: cats, top hats, and monocles.

.....let's not forget the dubious moustaches! lol

I'm starting to cry every time shirt.woot is updated, because it's STILL not linking to the big image! It's right here! Just link it!

http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net/ae4d0d8e-1b6c-4537-8604-8096470b7ca9.png

Yay! More kitties! I love em'! Tried to buy this last night and kept getting server error after server error. Now, I'm frustrated. I have to convince myself it's worth trying again...I dunno...it's cute, but I've never played Risk...I think I'm working on talking myself out of this one. The joys of waiting up until 1am to buy a shirt, I'm delusional and think I need it, by the time I wake up for work and am actually functioning, I'm not so sure I need it. Oh well. Let's see if I change my mind again :/

I would so buy this shirt but I HATE the new t-shirts. Get a better brand/fit/feel and I'll start buying again.

My daughter has bought a couple and the womens shirts are misshapen from the beginning and the mens are well built for men.

Therefore, I refuse to waste my money on shirtwoot!

This is perhaps the perfect counter to dogs playing power, and that is why I'd like this as an art print, rather than a T-Shirt. That and I am too embarrassed to own more than one cat related t-shirt at any given moment, lest I be hailed as a crazy cat person.

I'm in for one. Perfect for our annual family Thanksgiving Risk game. My husband claims to be a Risk Master, although he hasn't won in quite awhile (I am risk queen for 2 years now) and he hates cats. I love it. Now we get conflict on the t-shirt along with the board!!

supermonkeyx wrote:This is perhaps the perfect counter to dogs playing power, and that is why I'd like this as an art print, rather than a T-Shirt. That and I am too embarrassed to own more than one cat related t-shirt at any given moment, lest I be hailed as a crazy cat person.

It's only crazy if you wear them all at the same time.

bluejester wrote:Personally, I think that this just shows how lazy and shiftless cats are. Who but a cat would have the time to commit to a full game of Risk?

Hey, *I* play Risk occasionally...

stupac2 wrote:I'm starting to cry every time shirt.woot is updated, because it's STILL not linking to the big image! It's right here! Just link it!

http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net/ae4d0d8e-1b6c-4537-8604-8096470b7ca9.png

WHERE is it not linking it FROM?

inkycatz wrote:It's only crazy if you wear them all at the same time.

Should I take that as a challenge?


(FWIW, I'm a dog person, yet I actually have more cat shirts than what's represented in this stack.)

nick237 wrote:While I consider myself a weirdo for being on Woot all day, I am not ready to be a cat person. Someone get some dog shirts going on! I need more shirts, but I don't do rollerblades, or cats...

What about a cat on rollerblades being chased by a dog on a skateboard?