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Welcome to Reckoning 283, featuring what I can confidently identify as the very first head-to-head Tesla versus Tesla matchup on shirt.woot. Other fights-to-the-catalog battles this week include Fishbiscuit versus Fishbiscuit, t-rex versus t-rex, breakfast versus breakfast, and Neuro versus The Nightly Numbers.

Congratulations to this week's two new veterans, Nidhogg and CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE!. Nidhogg is well on its way to being the most successful Third Place Derby Winner Post Rule Change (TPDWPRC), but can CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! travel back in time to reclaim its Reckoning dominance? Or will it fall prey to the New Veterans' Curse as it loses its first week of sales?

With four new recruits debuting in the top twenty, Reckoning 283 might spell trouble for veteran veterans like The Formula For Success: can the Great Royal Blue Blank thief (JASON!!!) hold on one more week as it inches ever closer to one year on the Reckoning?

Stay tuned to Reckoning 283 to find out!

Legend: (Baseline rank) Shirt Name - baseline sales numbers.
(1) Procrastination University - 10516
(2) Tesla Tech - 3229
(3) Wishful Thinking - 9269
(4) Science Rules! - 2690
(5) Past Your Bedtime - 2938
(6) Nidhogg - 2141
(7) Wrinkled, In Time - 1586
(8) Console Wars - 4922
(9) Childish Side of the Moon - 1704
(10) Nevermore - 53486
(11) Consider Yourself Warned - 8951
(12) The Binge - 63806
(13) I Love Books - 2343
(14) More Than Just Bacon - 1918
(15) Unstealthiest Ninja 3 - 11881
(16) CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! - 5423
(17) The One Shirt - 6031
(18) Still Alive - 1242
(19) Indubiously - 4039
(20) Team Tesla - 2260
(21) Know Your Moons - 6748
(22) The Formula For Success - 16219
(23) Ugly Holiday Sweater 2012 - 5150
(24) All Tangled Up - 3882
(25) Cold Pizza - 479
(26) Give me another drink - 661
(27) Lagomorphy The Snowman - 276

Daily Sales Rates are for informational purposes only and are not 100% accurate.
1. Procrastination University - Approx. 29.53 real time DSR; 22.68 Woot-based DSR
2. Tesla Tech - Approx. 23.89 real time DSR; 17.8 Woot-based DSR
3. Wishful Thinking - Approx. 20.65 real time DSR; 15.86 Woot-based DSR
4. Science Rules! - Approx. 53 real time DSR; 16.74 Woot-based DSR
5. Past Your Bedtime - Approx. 18.19 real time DSR; 13.96 Woot-based DSR
6. Nidhogg - Approx. 17.49 real time DSR; 13.43 Woot-based DSR
7. Wrinkled, In Time - Approx. 16.83 real time DSR; 12.37 Woot-based DSR
8. Console Wars - Approx. 16.23 real time DSR; 12.46 Woot-based DSR
9. Childish Side of the Moon - Approx. 18 real time DSR; 12 Woot-based DSR
10. Nevermore - Approx. 14.19 real time DSR; 10.89 Woot-based DSR
11. Consider Yourself Warned - Approx. 13.4 real time DSR; 10.29 Woot-based DSR
12. The Binge - Approx. 13.49 real time DSR; 10.36 Woot-based DSR
13. I Love Books - Approx. 25 real time DSR; 10.87 Woot-based DSR
14. More Than Just Bacon - Approx. 19.25 real time DSR; 10.62 Woot-based DSR
15. Unstealthiest Ninja 3 - Approx. 25.35 real time DSR; 19.46 Woot-based DSR
16. CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! - Approx. 13.35 real time DSR; 10.25 Woot-based DSR
17. The One Shirt - Approx. 11.91 real time DSR; 9.14 Woot-based DSR
18. Still Alive - Approx. 19.83 real time DSR; 9.52 Woot-based DSR
19. Indubiously - Approx. 11.67 real time DSR; 8.96 Woot-based DSR
20. Team Tesla - Approx. 48 real time DSR; 11.29 Woot-based DSR
21. Know Your Moons - Approx. 11.3 real time DSR; 8.68 Woot-based DSR
22. The Formula For Success - Approx. 11.53 real time DSR; 8.86 Woot-based DSR
23. Ugly Holiday Sweater 2012 - Approx. 8.93 real time DSR; 6.86 Woot-based DSR
24. All Tangled Up - Approx. 8.37 real time DSR; 6.43 Woot-based DSR
25. Cold Pizza - Approx. 4.29 real time DSR; 2.22 Woot-based DSR
26. Give me another drink - Approx. 27 real time DSR; 3.6 Woot-based DSR
27. Lagomorphy The Snowman - Approx. 3.5 real time DSR; 1.33 Woot-based DSR

Me: "Nevermore dropped out of the top 10! Should I be worried? Oh wait, I just bought it another week; no worries!"

Legend: Current rank (Baseline rank) Shirt Name - (Additional sales) and total quantity as of this posting. Refer to the beginning of this reckoning for the baseline sales numbers. DSR are for informational purposes only and not 100% accurate.
1 (1) Procrastination University - (+33) to 10549. Approx. 29.16 real time DSR; 23.43 Woot-based DSR
2 (2) Tesla Tech - (+19) to 3248. Approx. 23.3 real time DSR; 18.27 Woot-based DSR
3 (4) Science Rules! - (+30) to 2720. Approx. 42.75 real time DSR; 18 Woot-based DSR
4 (3) Wishful Thinking - (+26) to 9295. Approx. 20.53 real time DSR; 16.5 Woot-based DSR
5 (5) Past Your Bedtime - (+15) to 2953. Approx. 17.82 real time DSR; 14.32 Woot-based DSR
6 (6) Nidhogg - (+20) to 2161. Approx. 17.07 real time DSR; 13.71 Woot-based DSR
7 (7) Wrinkled, In Time - (+22) to 1608. Approx. 16.89 real time DSR; 13.1 Woot-based DSR
8 (8) Console Wars - (+18) to 4940. Approx. 15.96 real time DSR; 12.82 Woot-based DSR
9 (20) Team Tesla - (+38) to 2298. Approx. 39.33 real time DSR; 13.88 Woot-based DSR
10 (9) Childish Side of the Moon - (+25) to 1729. Approx. 17.57 real time DSR; 12.62 Woot-based DSR
11 (13) I Love Books - (+21) to 2364. Approx. 23.33 real time DSR; 12.17 Woot-based DSR
12 (10) Nevermore - (+27) to 53513. Approx. 14.36 real time DSR; 11.54 Woot-based DSR
13 (14) More Than Just Bacon - (+16) to 1934. Approx. 18 real time DSR; 11.17 Woot-based DSR
14 (11) Consider Yourself Warned - (+20) to 8971. Approx. 13.07 real time DSR; 10.5 Woot-based DSR
15 (12) The Binge - (+14) to 63820. Approx. 13.29 real time DSR; 10.68 Woot-based DSR
16 (15) Unstealthiest Ninja 3 - (+18) to 11899. Approx. 24.71 real time DSR; 19.86 Woot-based DSR
17 (18) Still Alive - (+10) to 1252. Approx. 17.71 real time DSR; 9.92 Woot-based DSR
18 (17) The One Shirt - (+18) to 6049. Approx. 11.96 real time DSR; 9.61 Woot-based DSR
19 (16) CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! - (+7) to 5430. Approx. 12.98 real time DSR; 10.43 Woot-based DSR
20 (19) Indubiously - (+16) to 4055. Approx. 11.6 real time DSR; 9.32 Woot-based DSR
21 (22) The Formula For Success - (+25) to 16244. Approx. 11.78 real time DSR; 9.46 Woot-based DSR
22 (21) Know Your Moons - (+14) to 6762. Approx. 11.2 real time DSR; 9 Woot-based DSR
23 (23) Ugly Holiday Sweater 2012 - (+2) to 5152. Approx. 8.62 real time DSR; 6.93 Woot-based DSR
24 (24) All Tangled Up - (+3) to 3885. Approx. 8.09 real time DSR; 6.5 Woot-based DSR
25 (25) Cold Pizza - (+8) to 487. Approx. 4.38 real time DSR; 2.59 Woot-based DSR
26 (26) Give me another drink - (+20) to 681. Approx. 17.5 real time DSR; 4.67 Woot-based DSR
27 (27) Lagomorphy The Snowman - (+5) to 281. Approx. 3.4 real time DSR; 1.62 Woot-based DSR
91 (91) String Theory - (+21) to 606. Approx. 21 real time DSR; n/a Woot-based DSR

Not sure if you've already addressed this, but doesn't having all designs available as print on demand make the Reckoning obsolete?

krouth wrote:Not sure if you've already addressed this, but doesn't having all designs available as print on demand make the Reckoning obsolete?

Not exactly; the print-on-demand catalog is $18 a shirt with DTG printing. The reckoning shirts are $15 with screen printing. It also rewards the top sellers and recent designs with additional visibility.

neuropsychosocial wrote:the Great Royal Blue Blank thief

LOL! Nice...

iceknyght wrote:LOL! Nice...

ohhhhh. so I can place blame on my lost Counting Sheep numbers solely on you. good to know ...

kevlar51 wrote:ohhhhh. so I can place blame on my lost Counting Sheep numbers solely on you. good to know ...

Sure, why not! :D

kevlar51 wrote:ohhhhh. so I can place blame on my lost Counting Sheep numbers solely on you. good to know ...

Heh. Just to clarify, I joke that Formula for Success "stole" all the royal blue blanks because its success in April and early May 2012 ran through woot's remaining stock of AA royal blue blanks (which was enormous: I joked early in the switch-over that woot probably had a huge stock of royal blue blanks because of Binge, and while obviously I don't know why the royal blue stock was so high, it appeared deeper than the stock of the other commonly-used colors).

I just checked and it looks like Formula sold 9695 shirts in 37 days before it switched from AA to Anvil. This raises three thoughts in my head:
- I can't believe I actually noted in the Reckoning thread the date that each shirt switched over.
- I can't believe I just took the time to look this up!
- I wonder what shirt reached 10,000 sales second-fastest, assuming that Cheese was #1. I'm not about to do all the calculations now, but for the record: Formula took 44 days to reach 10,000 sales. (Thank you to Narfcake for posting daily sales; on May 18, the daily sales were actually posted by Bounty, so thanks to Bounty as well!)

Kevin, I think the folks to blame for Counting Sheep's untimely demise are the people in charge of inventory in Carrollton (or the people in charge of not hiring anyone to keep an eye on inventory!) or the shirt.woot staffers who failed to make any accommodation for Counting Sheep and Recursive Dreams losing several days' worth of sales because they ran out of blanks. Unfortunately, those are also the people in charge of selecting your shirts for print, so... do you play darts?

Edit: Procrastination University took 69 days to reach 10,000 sales.

neuropsychosocial wrote:

Kevin, I think the folks to blame for Counting Sheep's untimely demise are the people in charge of inventory in Carrollton (or the people in charge of not hiring anyone to keep an eye on inventory!) or the shirt.woot staffers who failed to make any accommodation for Counting Sheep and Recursive Dreams losing several days' worth of sales because they ran out of blanks. Unfortunately, those are also the people in charge of selecting your shirts for print, so... do you play darts?

Too many nameless faces there, especially when you throw in the voters. I'll just blame Jason. Soooo much easier. Like Russia during the Cold War.

kevlar51 wrote:Too many nameless faces there, especially when you throw in the voters. I'll just blame Jason. Soooo much easier. Like Russia during the Cold War.

Because I'm the artist Shirt.Woot deserves, but not the one it needs right now...

iceknyght wrote:Because I'm the artist Shirt.Woot deserves, but not the one it needs right now...

nice!

neuropsychosocial wrote:... so... do you play darts?

Zartz, actually.

kevlar51 wrote:ohhhhh. so I can place blame on my lost Counting Sheep numbers solely on you. good to know ...

Hi Kevlar,
When my Counting Sheep arrived I was so pleased with it, I wanted to buy another. Unfortunately, since it arrived by snail-post, your design had already been reckoned . Just wanted you to know that I love the shirt!

I've got a t-shirt question - I have both a Women's M and a Men's S of the zombie candy corn T. The graphic on the Men's T is SIGNIFICANTLY larger than the graphic on the Women's T.
Is this true of all the T's?
It's rather disappointing since as a woman I'd rather people not be squinting (and consequently staring) to look at the picture on my T.

natalieug wrote:I've got a t-shirt question - I have both a Women's M and a Men's S of the zombie candy corn T. The graphic on the Men's T is SIGNIFICANTLY larger than the graphic on the Women's T.
Is this true of all the T's?

Generally, yes. On every shirt page, the design size is listed.

caramelarrow wrote:Hi Kevlar,
When my Counting Sheep arrived I was so pleased with it, I wanted to buy another. Unfortunately, since it arrived by snail-post, your design had already been reckoned . Just wanted you to know that I love the shirt!

Yeah, it looks great! It's totally adorable. It printed really well.

That's so inarticulate. I need to join those sheep in counting!

I've been reeling slightly from That Other Thread and haven't posted the cold heartless numbers all week. I have to admit - when The Formula For Success debuted in 21st on Monday, I never imagined that it might finish the week in 21st.

Legend: Current rank (Baseline rank) Shirt Name - (Additional sales) and total quantity as of this posting. Refer to the beginning of this reckoning for the baseline sales numbers. DSR are for informational purposes only and not 100% accurate.
1 (1) Procrastination University - (+145) to 10661. Approx. 27.93 real time DSR; 27.43 Woot-based DSR
2 (4) Science Rules! - (+138) to 2828. Approx. 31 real time DSR; 29.37 Woot-based DSR
3 (20) Team Tesla - (+130) to 2390. Approx. 26.25 real time DSR; 24.71 Woot-based DSR
4 (2) Tesla Tech - (+63) to 3292. Approx. 20.4 real time DSR; 20 Woot-based DSR
5 (3) Wishful Thinking - (+99) to 9368. Approx. 19.45 real time DSR; 19.11 Woot-based DSR
6 (13) I Love Books - (+93) to 2436. Approx. 19.27 real time DSR; 18.43 Woot-based DSR
7 (5) Past Your Bedtime - (+95) to 3033. Approx. 17.49 real time DSR; 17.18 Woot-based DSR
8 (7) Wrinkled, In Time - (+89) to 1675. Approx. 16.17 real time DSR; 15.84 Woot-based DSR
9 (6) Nidhogg - (+75) to 2216. Approx. 15.96 real time DSR; 15.68 Woot-based DSR
10 (14) More Than Just Bacon - (+79) to 1997. Approx. 16.07 real time DSR; 15.52 Woot-based DSR
11 (9) Childish Side of the Moon - (+67) to 1771. Approx. 15.16 real time DSR; 14.77 Woot-based DSR
12 (8) Console Wars - (+47) to 4969. Approx. 14.11 real time DSR; 13.86 Woot-based DSR
13 (10) Nevermore - (+81) to 53567. Approx. 13.71 real time DSR; 13.46 Woot-based DSR
14 (18) Still Alive - (+48) to 1290. Approx. 13.5 real time DSR; 12.96 Woot-based DSR
15 (11) Consider Yourself Warned - (+72) to 9023. Approx. 12.58 real time DSR; 12.36 Woot-based DSR
16 (15) Unstealthiest Ninja 3 - (+75) to 11956. Approx. 22.29 real time DSR; 21.89 Woot-based DSR
17 (12) The Binge - (+60) to 63866. Approx. 12.55 real time DSR; 12.32 Woot-based DSR
18 (17) The One Shirt - (+66) to 6097. Approx. 11.53 real time DSR; 11.32 Woot-based DSR
19 (19) Indubiously - (+65) to 4104. Approx. 11.27 real time DSR; 11.07 Woot-based DSR
20 (16) CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! - (+35) to 5458. Approx. 11.64 real time DSR; 11.43 Woot-based DSR
21 (22) The Formula For Success - (+65) to 16284. Approx. 11.09 real time DSR; 10.89 Woot-based DSR
22 (21) Know Your Moons - (+51) to 6799. Approx. 10.51 real time DSR; 10.32 Woot-based DSR
23 (26) Give me another drink - (+51) to 712. Approx. 9.43 real time DSR; 8.8 Woot-based DSR
24 (23) Ugly Holiday Sweater 2012 - (+8) to 5158. Approx. 7.27 real time DSR; 7.14 Woot-based DSR
25 (24) All Tangled Up - (+25) to 3907. Approx. 7.42 real time DSR; 7.29 Woot-based DSR
26 (25) Cold Pizza - (+27) to 506. Approx. 4.15 real time DSR; 4 Woot-based DSR
27 (27) Lagomorphy The Snowman - (+11) to 287. Approx. 2.3 real time DSR; 2.19 Woot-based DSR
91 (91) String Theory - (+39) to 624. Approx. 6.5 real time DSR; n/a Woot-based DSR
92 (92) Penguin Suit - (+155) to 2745. Approx. 31 real time DSR; n/a Woot-based DSR
93 (93) Dine-o-saurs - (+70) to 1212. Approx. 17.5 real time DSR; n/a Woot-based DSR
94 (94) Victory through Chaos - (+78) to 1776. Approx. 26 real time DSR; n/a Woot-based DSR
95 (95) Serotonin & the Dopamines - (+152) to 2465. Approx. 76 real time DSR; n/a Woot-based DSR
96 (96) The S'mores - (+28) to 997. Approx. 28 real time DSR; n/a Woot-based DSR

caramelarrow wrote:Hi Kevlar,
When my Counting Sheep arrived I was so pleased with it, I wanted to buy another. Unfortunately, since it arrived by snail-post, your design had already been reckoned . Just wanted you to know that I love the shirt!

neuropsychosocial wrote:Yeah, it looks great! It's totally adorable. It printed really well.

That's so inarticulate. I need to join those sheep in counting!

Thanks a lot! I was really happy with how it came out too.

Whoa! Science Rules has overtaken Procrastination University for the top spot. It seems like fishbiscuit has become the dominant force around here. Her and Tesla, I suppose.

tjschaeffer wrote:Whoa! Science Rules has overtaken Procrastination University for the top spot. ...

Oh, way to deny Fishbiscuit of an even longer run at #1, Fishbiscuit!

But seriously, congratulations on topping the chart with #1 and #2, a feat few artists have achieved here. Likewise, a single design getting 12 complete and consecutive weeks in the #1 spot is a new record ... and who knows, perhaps Procrastination University will regain the #1 spot next week and continue its attempt to overtake The Binge's 16-week record.

Narfcake wrote: ... and who knows, perhaps Procrastination University will regain the #1 spot next week and continue its attempt to overtake The Binge's 16-week record.

Next week... the week after... no need to hurray back to #1: the spot will still be there tomorrow.

Congratulations, Fishbiscuit!

After 40 weeks, the 11th all-time best-selling shirt on the Reckoning is heading into retirement. Congratulations to the Great Royal Blue Blank Thief for a very impressive run. Of course, in today's woot-economy, being Reckoned doesn't mean permanent retirement, so we'll be seeing you around the Woot Plus sales and All Designs Catalog, stealing all the royal blue blanks and making a run at the All Time Top 10.

Jason, I look forward to seeing your next woot design and have no doubt that it will be on royal blue.

Closing numbers from 12:05PM woot time:
Legend: Current rank (Baseline rank) Shirt Name - (Additional sales) and total quantity as of this posting . Refer to the beginning of this reckoning for the baseline sales numbers.
1 (4) Science Rules! - (+148) to 2838
2 (1) Procrastination University - (+150) to 10666
3 (20) Team Tesla - (+136) to 2396
4 (2) Tesla Tech - (+70) to 3299
5 (3) Wishful Thinking - (+104) to 9373
6 (13) I Love Books - (+100) to 2443
7 (5) Past Your Bedtime - (+102) to 3040
8 (7) Wrinkled, In Time - (+115) to 1701
9 (6) Nidhogg - (+82) to 2223
10 (14) More Than Just Bacon - (+80) to 1998
5 (9) Childish Side of the Moon - (+70) to 1774
12 (8) Console Wars - (+51) to 4973
13 (10) Nevermore - (+85) to 53571
14 (18) Still Alive - (+48) to 1290
15 (11) Consider Yourself Warned - (+78) to 9029
16 (15) Unstealthiest Ninja 3 - (+85) to 11966
17 (12) The Binge - (+63) to 63869
18 (17) The One Shirt - (+69) to 6100
19 (19) Indubiously - (+67) to 4106
20 (16) CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! - (+37) to 5460
21 (22) The Formula For Success - (+70) to 16289
22 (21) Know Your Moons - (+60) to 6808
23 (26) Give me another drink - (+57) to 718
24 (23) Ugly Holiday Sweater 2012 - (+7) to 5157
25 (24) All Tangled Up - (+27) to 3909
26 (25) Cold Pizza - (+27) to 506
27 (27) Lagomorphy The Snowman - (+11) to 287
91 (91) String Theory - (+41) to 626
92 (92) Penguin Suit - (+158) to 2748
93 (93) Dine-o-saurs - (+77) to 1219
94 (94) Victory through Chaos - (+81) to 1779
95 (95) Serotonin & the Dopamines - (+163) to 2476
96 (96) The S'mores - (+34) to 1003
97 (97) The Flux Ambassadors! - (+15) to 691

neuropsychosocial wrote:I've been reeling slightly from That Other Thread and haven't posted the cold heartless numbers all week.

Almost afraid to ask, but ...what other thread?

neuropsychosocial wrote:After 40 weeks, the 11th all-time best-selling shirt on the Reckoning is heading into retirement. Congratulations to the Great Royal Blue Blank Thief for a very impressive run. Of course, in today's woot-economy, being Reckoned doesn't mean permanent retirement, so we'll be seeing you around the Woot Plus sales and All Designs Catalog, stealing all the royal blue blanks and making a run at the All Time Top 10.

Jason, I look forward to seeing your next woot design and have no doubt that it will be on royal blue.

Thanks! I will do my best to come up with another Royal Blue design! ;)

It's been an honor. The last 40 weeks have been a great ride! But the ride had to end sometime... At least it'll continue on, and that makes me happy! :D

debragr wrote:Almost afraid to ask, but ...what other thread?

Probably this one

tjschaeffer wrote:Whoa! Science Rules has overtaken Procrastination University for the top spot. It seems like fishbiscuit has become the dominant force around here. Her and Tesla, I suppose.

Whoa! Oops! I knocked myself out of first place, haha. Well, I certainly can't complain.

Thanks for all the kind comments, friends! Now what should I draw tonight...

I just made the spreadsheet for Reckoning 284. If the baseline numbers are from Christmas Eve, does that mean that I need to take down my Christmas tree?

fishbiscuit5 wrote:
Thanks for all the kind comments, friends! Now what should I draw tonight...

A fish eating biscuit while standing on top of the shirt.woot reckoning victory stand?

fishbiscuit5 wrote:Now what should I draw tonight...

a bath?

iceknyght wrote:Thanks! I will do my best to come up with another Royal Blue design! ;)

It's been an honor. The last 40 weeks have been a great ride! But the ride had to end sometime... At least it'll continue on, and that makes me happy! :D

This is really gracious of you (as was Nathan's response when Cat in the Box went down). You both lost sales because woot ran out of blanks, and yet you've been totally classy about it.

If this were Sesame Street, the theme of week would have been courtesy.

I don't think I can make it another 25 minutes; the spreadsheet is done, but... if I haven't actually fallen asleep at midnight woot, I'll put up a placeholder post via phone.

neuropsychosocial wrote:This is really gracious of you (as was Nathan's response when Cat in the Box went down). You both lost sales because woot ran out of blanks, and yet you've been totally classy about it.

If this were Sesame Street, the theme of week would have been courtesy.

I don't think I can make it another 25 minutes; the spreadsheet is done, but... if I haven't actually fallen asleep at midnight woot, I'll put up a placeholder post via phone.

Thanks!

And LOL on the SS reference! :D

I am still blown away my design lasted 40 weeks! So while I would have loved for the shirt to continue in the top 20, I had no idea it was going to do as well as it did... I also still owe Wil Wheaton a beer for his help in catapulting my design into the stratosphere! ;)

j5 wrote:Probably this one

Thanks.