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    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     

    Well, in the very first forum (this being the 4th) we had some lively discussion about potential ImpishIdea t-shirts. I’d be happy to offer them if people think they are interested. As always, I’d like to hear your suggestions as far as designs and slogans go. Pitch ideas that you would like wearing.

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    Oh my gosh, first podcasts and now this- where does the franchising end?

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    My parents are already iffy about letting me onto an internet forum. I'll have to beg them to let me buy a t-shirt. Depends on the design though!
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     

    Heh. Perhaps not this slogan then: “If Twilight is a metaphor for sex, then I metaphorically hate sex.”

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    I don’t know. I personally wouldn’t buy it. injects opinion that others may dislike It seems sort of… tacky to wear a t-shirt that’s from a website, with the actual website name on it. Does that make sense? Don’t kill me.

    Plus I don’t think the current colour scheme would suit me.

    @ Sly- yeah, that one best stay in your head :)

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    No, they wouldn't be too happy. XD
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    Lol. My parents are a bit like that about the internet as well. I share your pain.

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     

    To be perfectly honest, I wouldn’t buy one either, but that’s because I never buy t-shirts. (I get far too many just from my activities.)

    That said, I like the idea of mocking the little war Inheritance fans have gotten into with Twilight fans.

    Dragons?
    Vampires?
    We’ve got characters.

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      CommentAuthorPuppet
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     
    Mhh, that doesn't fit because Twi-tards will be like "well smeyer has characters and vampires"
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    Yeah, but it would be funny to those initiated into the realms of revision. I would probably actually buy a shirt that said that. That’s the same one that Nate posted on the II Podcast thread, isn’t it? I like that one.

    EDIT: My memory is kerfuffled. It isn’t the same one at all. Whoops.

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    Mention something about snark, please! I love the word 'snark'.
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     

    We’ve got:

    Snark should never be far from bad writing… preferably twelve feet away with a flamethrower.

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     
    My face on the front, the II logo on the arm, and the back of my head on the back. best. tshirt. ever.
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      CommentAuthorSpanman
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     

    Snark should never be far from bad writing… preferably twelve feet away with a flamethrower

    If you made that up, you are awesome.

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     

    I guess I’m resigned to being awesome then.

    I’ve got a whole line of “every day item” slogans hidden away somewhere. Lemme go look.

    • CommentAuthorAri
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     

    I’d definitely buy it. :D I love funny tshirts.

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      CommentAuthorNorthmark
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009 edited
     
    I'd much rather have a hooded sweatshirt, even if you guys only make one type of them. I don't honestly think I'd buy a t-shirt, since I always wear them under sweatshirts. D:
    • CommentAuthorAri
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     
    Sweatshirt idea is win...except Taiwan is really hot a lot, apparently.
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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     
    "ImpishIdea.com -- No Fat Chicks"
    • CommentAuthorAri
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     
    I don't get the fat chick joke.
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      CommentAuthorKitty
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     

    Snark should never be far from bad writing… preferably twelve feet away with a flamethrower.

    You stole my slogan, you bastard!

    No he didn’t make that up, I did.

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    Ooh. Cheated. How snarky. Speaking of which, how about:

    ImpishIdea Tracks Bad Writing Down: The Snark Goes Hunting

    Which puts a different spin on Lewis Carroll…

    But I don’t really want something to do with writing emblazoned all over whatever I buy. For one thing, I’ll feel like a twit. For another, it’s sort of like going, HEY EVERYONE! I’M A GREAT WRITER!

    Which is a little boastful, IMO.

    Plus, wouldn’t it be cool if people had ImpishIdea tops and stuff, but nothing about what it actually is on them? That way, a) II will have a feel of mystery, and b) we might actually attract some unsuspecting Twihards or Shurtugalii and convert them…

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      CommentAuthorSpanman
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    Now... who do I believe? Snarky webmaster or homicidal psycho jungle cat?

    >>

    <<
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    At least you know the homicidal psycho jungle cat has morals…

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      CommentAuthorSpanman
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    That’s what you think…

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    Hahaha, the calvin and hobbes reference is funny for reasons you cannot comprehend, amirite kitty?
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      CommentAuthorKitty
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    You’re right, Reginald. Come, let us go have cake.

    Also if you know what’s good for you you’ll believe the homicidal jungle cat.

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    It's funny because you said come.
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      CommentAuthorKitty
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Professor Oak did.

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    "I came as soon as I heard you defeated the Elite Four!"
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    A shirt with the plain ImpishIdea logo would be nice for those who don't want snarky writing all over it. (I love the logo, by the way. What font do you use?)

    EDIT: Hmm a sweatshirt could be a possibility. Zip-up, with the II logo on the back. In black, because EVERYONE knows black is the best color ever. Plus, it looks good on everyone. (Sorry, white does NOT work for me. Something will spill on it and then I shall be inconsolable)
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    I agree with SWQ - black goes with everything and it looks good on everyone. Plus, white anything is a pain in the butt because there are so many things that can permanently stain it. I once had a white sweatshirt. Could only wear it for a few weeks because the stains just wouldnt come off.
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      CommentAuthorJeni
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    White t-shirts are a pain in the arse when your white bras are in the wash, and you only have black ones.

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    Plus, I'm a Goff Girl like that girl from Maradonia!

    No, reely nao!!!!111
    • CommentAuthorAri
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    We can all be goff!
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    lol yes!!! being goffik is so kewl!!!!!11!!1ONE!!!!
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    Well I for one would like a t-shirt with a ribbon representing thesaurus abuse awareness (see our D:LT sporkings)

    Slogans:
    “I read Dragons: Lexicon Triumvate and now can only express myself by tshirt.”
    “My hobbit can beat up your dragon.”
    “Our protagonists have more than 2 expressions.”
    “ImpishIdea – Because bad writing shouldn’t happen to anyone.”
    “I owe my fame to SlyShy.”

    Edit: More I came up with.
    “Buy ImpishIdea. Don’t support the Paolini-Meyer industrial complex.”
    (front: caricatures of the staff, back: “Words of wisdom:” followed by quotes from everyone)
    “Stop expressing your ideas via tshirts and write!”
    “Our wizard could avada kadavra your vampire.”

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    MY IMMORTAL!!!1!!

    But I don’t want a black zipup hoodie. I want a black pull on one that is actually WARM! I can’t find one, so Sly, if you could save me the trouble…

    You notice that I’ve completely changed my opinions. But on reflection, ImpishIdea is cool.

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      CommentAuthorMoldorm
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    That it is.
    A pull on one like the Order of the Stick sweaters, but with a hood, would be nice.

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    Pull on ones without a hood = eternal suck.

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      CommentAuthorJeni
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    I want some OOTS merch. ;_;

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    I want a plushie Xykon, but we all can’t get what we want :D

    SlyShy: I loved your first slogan. May I quote it wildly out of context?

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    Lol the first one is good. He did a background with it, too, and now I can’t find the link. He stuck it in a forum somewhere…

    EDIT: The topic was “The Death Of The American Short Story”. The background actually reads, ‘sometimes your story just needs an edit. with a chainsaw‘. The flamethrower thing was on a little banner also posted in that thread.

    More detail that most of the people who read this won’t care about.

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009 edited
     

    “Sometimes your story just needs an edit. With a chainsaw.”

    “Even the power of duct tape can’t fix plot holes.”

    Also, now that I think of it, Kitty probably did come up with the flamethrower thing. I can’t remember exactly, but we were brainstorming these together, so it makes sense if she did.

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      CommentAuthorMoldorm
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    But are flamethrowers better than chainsaws? They’re both standard issue for surviving a zombie apocalypse.

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      CommentAuthorswenson
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Let me give your characters some flaws. With an axe.

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    Oh that took me a while to get, but it’s funny!

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Let me give your characters some flaws. With an axe.

    Hahaha, yes.

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    Anyone else thinking that these slogans are all so aggressive, and the name ‘impishidea’ just seems so… not? lol.

    Oh, and by the way, it’s better marketing if you only have one slogan. That way people remember it better. Although comedic value is such that I bet everyone would forgive you.

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Here’s a less aggressive one. :P

    A writing site for refined tastes.

    See, that just sounds stuck up. :P Maybe something less snobbish.

    Writing need not be a solitary suffering.

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    Nah. I like the contrast between aggro slogan and cutesy name.

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    Or even less refined;

    Writing: Ur doin it rong

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    ImpishIdea conjures images of “subversive” ideas in my mind, so I think the aggressive slogans are appropriate.

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    Lol @ Dan.

    Eat your words.

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      CommentAuthorswenson
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Eat your words. On a spork.

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    WIN!

    But ‘spork’ is also a spoon/fork thing, so I don’t…

    Wait. That’s so clever!

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    OM NOM NOM WORDS R TASTY

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      CommentAuthorMoldorm
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    With gravy and roast potatoes.

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    No taters. Nasty Hobbitses…

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      CommentAuthorMoldorm
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    ImpishIdea: I'm Lovin' It

    ImpishIdea: Reach Out and Touch Someone (O.o)

    ImpishIdea: Where's the Beef? (O.o)

    ImpishIdea: Finger-lickin' Good (O.o)

    ImpishIdea: The Free Encycloipaedia

    ImpishIdea: Because You're Worth It

    ImpishIdea: That Frosty Mug Sensation (O.o)

    ImpishIdea: Tobacco is Our Middle Name

    ImpishIdea: Soft, Strong, and Very Long (O.o)

    ImpishIdea: Feel the Velvet (O.o)

    ImpishIdea: With a Name Like Smucker's, It's Got to Be Good (replace "Smucker's" with II, or too subtle?)

    ImpishIdea: The Best a Man Can Get

    ImpishIdea: Triumph Has a Bra For the Way You Are

    ...etc.
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      CommentAuthorNorthmark
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    @RT3: I lol'd.

    I definitely support the black zip-up hoodie. :D
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Mhmhm.

    I definitely prefer black to white as far as shirts and sweaters go. The difficulty is that the ImpishIdea logo uses black so heavily, so it’s a bit hard to use on a black shirt. I’ll have to find some creative solution, I suppose.

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    Maybe do a negative reverse of the logo sly? (use white where it’s black, etc)

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009 edited
     

    There are some problems with this mockup, but since this isn’t the finalized design I won’t worry about it. This is approximately what that would look like.

    Image here

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      CommentAuthorswenson
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Oooo, that looks nice.

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    Can we have the hoodies zip all the way over the face, like ghettohoodies?
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    I’m going to guess “no”.

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    I had another idea concerning the black hoodies and such.

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    That looks cool but…

    What does a bird have to do with imps?

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    Because we're cocks?
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    There was a long period of time where I contemplated making II’s mascot crows with horns. xP I just really like crows and ravens.

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    Nothing wrong with that, what if the mascot was an imp riding a crow/raven?

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Heh, that’s an interesting idea. Mostly I need someone more talented than myself to make some appropriate art. The list of my inadequacies is long.

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    If only we knew someone who can draw. oh well.
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      CommentAuthorSpanman
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    (Kitty can draw)

    If II makes a shirt that it’s safe for me to wear around my family, I’ll definitely buy it. XD

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      CommentAuthorCGilga
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    ImpishIdea: Name your favorite book. We’ll name 5 things wrong with it.

    I’m not good with slogans.

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      CommentAuthorswenson
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    Heh, I like it.

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    Oh I didn't realize that Kitty can draw.
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    She draws great! Just don’t look them in the eyes O.o

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    I like the crow/raven idea. Lol, carrion birds:P It does make for a great metaphore, does it not?
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     

    They are also among the most intelligent of the common birds. :P Crows are great tool makers.

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2009
     
    Doesn't that kind of send the wrong message, though? "the most intelligent of common birds"?

    Dan, she drew my fb profile pic at one point, I was being sarcastic.
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    @RT3: Good to know!

    ...I have nothing left to add! Have a nice night :D

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    I like the black-on-white image Sly posted a while back. Looks great to me!

    (Can't think of a good slogan though. Will mention it if I come up with something)
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    Hmmm... You could just have a white rectangle on the back of the hoodie with the logo inside. I like the 'eat your words... with a spork' one. Or just don't have a slogan.

    oh. @ RT3- I only got about three of that list of slogans. They don't translate well to outside the US.
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     

    You could just have a white rectangle on the back of the hoodie with the logo inside.

    Doesn’t end up looking too good.

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      CommentAuthorOverlordDan
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009 edited
     

    What if you connected the white so that it whent over the shoulders and under the arms to connect the square on the back with the one on the front?*

    • Special note, I have no idea what this would look like or how it would be done :D
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    I’m guessing it would look like you wore a croptop over a hoodie. Odd to say the least… And also that Fashyslyonista would veto it immediately.

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    Fashyslyonista? If you say that name backwards, does it send shim back to the 5th dimension from which it came?

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    I think Sly is a guy, not a shim. The name’s a bit of a giveaway for one… And no. Sixth.

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     

    Sly came out with his own form of liquor. He calls it Shim Ale!

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    *Slow Clapping*

    Thank you :D
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      CommentAuthorMlarg
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     
    Couldn't we also use the clever remarks that are currently/have been used on the front page banner?
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     

    I looked through those, but I haven’t been terribly impressed with my own wittiness. These are all of them

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      CommentAuthorRT3
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     

    You could always use one of our convos, sly.

    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     

    Right. I really want a shirt that would be banned in 47 states.

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      CommentAuthorSpanman
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     

    I really think just the logo (with the crow, that was kewl) without any slogan would be good for starters.

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      CommentAuthorPuppet
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     
    Sly, you should have a shirt with Kitty's drawing of Bella: "DERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR".
    • CommentAuthorSlyShy
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2009
     

    Mm, yes. I suppose if Kitty permitted it, some of her cartoons would make most excellent shirts.