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Dominion => Dominion General Discussion => Topic started by: Beyond Awesome on August 24, 2015, 03:15:00 am
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Being the huge fan of Dominion that I am, I very much wish there was at least one official T-Shirt out there. I was thinking maybe something for the forums with the Chapel card from the meme thread that says Every Turn I'm Shufflin.
Anyway, I am mainly posing this question to Donald X. if he sees this. Has anyone asked you about merchandising rights? Do you think we may see some Dominion merchandise in the future? Would it be possible for fds to have an offical shirt to maybe support the site?
Just curious. If not, I will probably go and make my own unofficial Dominion shirt someday.
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By the way, is there anyone else out there interested in seeing some Dominion merchandise
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My friends already make fun of me for how much I play dominion. It seems only fitting that I have some dominion merch.
I would probably get a Tshirt (maybe hoodie) if I like it. I think if we are going to do an f.ds shirt there needs to be a design contest, etc, etc.
But yeah. Interested
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But really, even if there is official dominion merchandise down the road, I would be interested in an "unofficial" official f.ds shirt. Probably more likely to get a shirt related to dominion and f.ds than just dominion
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(http://rlv.zcache.ca/keep_calm_and_focus_on_my_dominion_mug-ra34bbf6e399f4099a19eee5173e2f918_x7jsm_8byvr_324.jpg)
No shirt for me but a cup with Jack on it would be nice
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Well, there's the Super Sonico figure.
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Hasn't there been talk about an f.ds shirt for a long time?
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A T-shirt will need a slogan though, perhaps something from this thread? http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=10661.0
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We could try slamming as many f.ds specific jokes as we could on there...
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Or just terms no one else understands, like golden sombrero.
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Or just terms no one else understands, like golden sombrero.
Wasn't that a baseball term or something?
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Or just terms no one else understands, like golden sombrero.
Wasn't that a baseball term or something?
It is indeed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_sombrero
Also... you should never resign after you've gotten the Golden Sombrero because:
On August 4, 2009, Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria went 2 for 6, recording a golden sombrero and 2 home runs. The second home run was a walk off home run.
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Being the huge fan of Dominion that I am, I very much wish there was at least one official T-Shirt out there. I was thinking maybe something for the forums with the Chapel card from the meme thread that says Every Turn I'm Shufflin.
Anyway, I am mainly posing this question to Donald X. if he sees this. Has anyone asked you about merchandising rights? Do you think we may see some Dominion merchandise in the future? Would it be possible for fds to have an offical shirt to maybe support the site?
You would have to ask RGG but I don't imagine he would mind you promoting the game with a T-shirt. RGG can sub-license ancillary products. I think there has only been demand for official storage solutions.
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I'd probably wear some kind of clothing with a logo that says (based on my weak understanding of American colleges and fraternities) "Dominion University: Kappa-Kappa-Pi", although that's taking some serious liberties with the language.
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Some shirt slogans:
"Don't lose the Ambassador war."
"Isotropic was better"
"moat."
"Hi, I'm Wandering Winder. So are you."
"Scout is underrated."
"While you were busy on Forum Mafia, I posted a thread on three different possible ways to pile out in 2 turns."
"Want to discuss unit measurements?"
"Stef was right."
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"moat."
That just needs to be a solid black rectangle, though.
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"Depends on the kingdom."
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More T-shirt ideas
"YMYOSL" (it could also be spelled out and/or attributed but I think the abbreviation is more fun)
"Wanna collide terminals?"
"I want what's rightfully mint"
"I heard you like King's Court"
"They can't all be the best T-shirt ever"
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I'd definitely buy a Dominion t-shirt. I'd want something that's generic Dominion though, as opposed to something that's a f.ds in-joke.
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For a generic one it would be kinda cool to have the victory shield or treasure coin or something on the shirt.
Or something like this
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/9d06d6f9565cced37d307fca389c4331/tumblr_inline_ntmj1iTRnB1ql24zr_540.png)
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I would totally get a T-shirt with a bloated Chancellor art on it.
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(http://i.imgur.com/aVqilco.jpg)
I felt like I could design a cute looking shirt, so I did it. BurningSkull asked for Chancellor art, and I thought that would be funny, so there that is as well. I think it's aesthetically pleasing too, which is better than a lot of other amateur shirts. Notice the lack of comic sans?
I can make more for comedy's sake later. I imagine this thread will be flooded with shirt PNGs now.
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(http://i62.tinypic.com/96himx.png)
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So I would totally be all over buying merch. I actually have experience have custom T-shirts and other apparel made for groups I was in -- it's not that hard and it isn't prohibitively expensive. Without doing any research whatsoever, I know that cafepress would be something that fits this very well, but it's been several years since I've heard or done anything with them.
Given that we're from all over the world, an online solution seems best here. You can just order what you want and have it shipped to you, and it costs you $20-$25 for a T-shirt. Expensive, but probably worth it.
Realistically, as much as I would wear the crap out of a shirt that says only YMYOSL in big letters on it, I think I might be the only person out there who would, so I'd do that one locally. If you want to prove me wrong, then someone just reply saying they'd wear a YMYOSL shirt and then people can just upvote that.
If this takes off, then sure, more niche and specific shirts could come into existence, but I think the best idea for right now is to make a generic F.DS shirt or maybe even a generic Dominion shirt. Something that would get the most people to wear it, since that ends up bringing down the cost. If that works, then it's probably worth talking about other stuff.
I'd wear a shirt with text on it more than one with pictures. There are 200+ card images and we all like different ones, so I would caution against using any picture other than the Dominion logo to start out. I suppose the closest thing I associate F.DS with in terms of pictures is the Gold-art avatar. I'd wear a shirt with that and F.DS on it, sure. I'd say the simpler the design, the more likely it is to stick.
I'm awful at visual arts, though (it's all performing arts for me) so unfortunately I won't have much to contribute in terms of designs -- I've always had someone else help me with that part of things. I'm sure people will suggest more designs here.
Legal issues? My knowledge of this is at least 8 years old but I think we're probably OK putting the Dominion logo on a shirt as long as we put the right symbols next to it and get permission from RGG. I have a rapport with Jay from RGG from the IRL tournament I put together, I would be quite surprised if he didn't give us permission for this, we're basically offering to be billboards for one of his best-selling products. If that becomes necessary I can start that conversation if nobody else has. I'm pretty sure we can put the Gold art and "F.DS" on a shirt with no problems.
If there's more interest I'm willing to do a little more research. This isn't impossible to do and I'm pretty serious about wanting it.
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I would totally wear a T-shirt with "YMYOSL" on it, although I'd prefer it also had the Dominion logo so it would be a good conversation starter about the game and not just a total personal nerd-out :)
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I'd like something about blue dogs. Maybe a direct Donald quote on that topic.
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Maybe we would need an actual f.ds logo first? Just a gold coin with f.ds written in some random font seems pretty sad.
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As long as it has "Have you checked out forum games?" on the back in small lettering.
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The only shirt I would probably get would be one with a few inside jokes on it. Just an advertisement for the game/f.ds isn't enough for me.
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I want something with Celestial Chameleon on it but I'm not creative enough to come up with something especially witty.
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"All your cards are belong to us" ?
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"All your cards are belong to us" ?
Newgrounds lawsuit incoming
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After 10 minutes of research, there are several websites like vistaprint and cafepress that will let you upload and share your designs and buy singles of shirts. It may be worth starting another thread where people just post designs they've made and we can just buy and/or upvote the ones we like.
Unfortunately, I can't contribute to this myself other than the buying/upvoting part, because my designs WILL look awful. There are templates on those websites as well for people like me but I can't even stand to look at the ones I've made even with the templates.
I'd make the thread myself but this isn't really my baby, I'm just dumping what I know here and hoping to guide the discussion toward someone out there making a shirt design that I'd actually buy.
Oh yeah, and now my facebook is cluttered with ads for vistaprint. Isn't that great?
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If Donald or RGG gives the go-ahead, I'll make some shirt designs if anyone wants.
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For a generic one it would be kinda cool to have the victory shield or treasure coin or something on the shirt.
Or something like this
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/9d06d6f9565cced37d307fca389c4331/tumblr_inline_ntmj1iTRnB1ql24zr_540.png)
I'd wear this to a game convention, definitely. Needs to be green though.
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I'd wear this to a game convention, definitely. Needs to be green though.
Oh yeah, green is pretty much mandatory for me in general. ;D
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For a generic one it would be kinda cool to have the victory shield or treasure coin or something on the shirt.
Or something like this
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/9d06d6f9565cced37d307fca389c4331/tumblr_inline_ntmj1iTRnB1ql24zr_540.png)
I'd wear this to a game convention, definitely. Needs to be green though.
...only if the "On" is not on a separate line. I can compromise and have it be "Domini-on".
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For a generic one it would be kinda cool to have the victory shield or treasure coin or something on the shirt.
Or something like this
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/9d06d6f9565cced37d307fca389c4331/tumblr_inline_ntmj1iTRnB1ql24zr_540.png)
I'd wear this to a game convention, definitely. Needs to be green though.
...only if the "On" is not on a separate line. I can compromise and have it be "Domini-on".
That's the whole joke, isn't it?
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Imagine wearing a shirt with just the Chancellor art
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Imagine wearing a shirt with just the Chancellor art
I'd buy it.
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A long time ago someone floated the idea of a green polo shirt with the VP logo on the breast, no text or anything. I kinda liked that idea.
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I still quite like my university hoodie - http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=1204.msg323258#msg323258
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(http://cdn.meme.am/instances2/500x/1571351.jpg)
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So I would totally be all over buying merch. I actually have experience have custom T-shirts and other apparel made for groups I was in -- it's not that hard and it isn't prohibitively expensive. Without doing any research whatsoever, I know that cafepress would be something that fits this very well, but it's been several years since I've heard or done anything with them.
Given that we're from all over the world, an online solution seems best here. You can just order what you want and have it shipped to you, and it costs you $20-$25 for a T-shirt. Expensive, but probably worth it.
I've seen t-shirts being sold on a few other forums. The t-shirts were ordered in bulk by one user, and he would ship them out to the other members. Everything was paid for by the other users, and the manager guy earned a few bucks for his effort. Even with the overhead, this worked out to be cheaper than everyone ordering individually.
Edit: Of course this method is very flawed legally if we can't get RGG's permission. Distributing designs and having people order individually is safer from a legal standpoint.
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I would totally wear a T-shirt with "YMYOSL" on it, although I'd prefer it also had the Dominion logo so it would be a good conversation starter about the game and not just a total personal nerd-out :)
what does that stand for?
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I would totally wear a T-shirt with "YMYOSL" on it, although I'd prefer it also had the Dominion logo so it would be a good conversation starter about the game and not just a total personal nerd-out :)
what does that stand for?
You make your own shuffle luck.
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(http://oi58.tinypic.com/bgaesm.jpg)
Got this for Christmas one year. ;D
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Got this for Christmas one year. ;D
Wow, and he came wearing a Dominion sweater!
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Got this for Christmas one year. ;D
Wow, and he came wearing a Dominion sweater!
Where can I order one? The sweater is optional, by the way.
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Can't quite track down the jacket yet, but here's a lead to a T-shirt, etc. (which is what y'all were talking about anyway)
https://www.google.com/search?q=dominion+i%27m+buying+a+province&espvd=2&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoA2oVChMImr65t-3TxwIVTDc-Ch3xkg-d&biw=1022&bih=602
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Overall, CafePress seems like a good bet.
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Wow, that one is nice!
http://i3.cpcache.com/product/700828407/im_buying_a_province_onesie.jpg?height=225&width=225
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So, what I want to do for now is make a shirt with the Dominion logo on the bottom and the original Village art above, since I feel it is a very iconic Dominion card that even players recognize. Chapel is also very iconic, but a lot of newer players don't recognize its power.
I know there are hi res images out there. Can someone point me in the direction where I can find a hi res picture of the Dominion logo and of Village.
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Last time I checked, CafePress was pretty low quality. It's been a few years though so maybe their tech has improved.