T shirt ideas -

> From T.B.

> "Damn the Pulse Torpedos! Full Speed Ahead!"

Should't it be "Damn the Pulse Torpedos! Give me Full Thrust!"

I also like the idea of an Ortillery fire control panel, with a finger poised
above the SMITE button.

> "Izenberg, Noam" wrote:

A double fades I think would work great with that. One side has the bottom
half of a ship with a planet below it, the other side has the finger hovering
over the SMITE button.

I certainly seemed to have opened a flood gate on this one. ;->=

Ok, a few reality checks: Jon's is not the only Ground Zero going;
I know of a computer gaming company, and several local/region shops
including a small chain in my area (down the road in Omaha). I
think things specific to FT/SG/DS work better. At least, if we
can get at least tacit acceptance, we need the GZG logo.

Sayings are great, but you can get short ones lettered on a shirt. Costs an
arm and a leg, but it means you can tailor to your own tastes. A shirt with a
small logo on the front, and your own saying on the back is not unthinkable.
Heck, scribbled on with a laundry marker is possible.

We all know budding artists, and more than a few of the folks on the list can
at least make usable images with graphic packages. Everyone sit down an give
at least one of the ideas
a go, even if you have to try clip art. I know I will. ;->=

Now, I know a couple of folks are already making up shirts for
cons, and my second idea was this might be co-ordinated. Do you
want to take on the evaluation of a logo? Do you want someone whose artistic
taste can be summed up with the phrase 'all in his mouth'?

The_Beast

PS Couldn't resist:

***
> Izenberg, Noam" wrote:

A double fades I think would work great with that. One side has the bottom
half of a ship with a planet below it, the other side has the finger hovering
over the SMITE button.

-Gerald Clark
***

Yeah, but there could be a finger on planet, along the lines of the famous
'last act of defiance'.

I like the idea someone suggested earlier with a small logo on the front and a
larger one on the back. How about using just the GZG logo on the front shirt
pocket area (less the silly pocket) and the con logo and date on the back?

Everyone who would like to participate in the design should submit one before
a deadline, say January 15, 2000. All art should be submitted to one of us
with free Web space to display the logos and have list members vote on one and
make a final tally on January 31, 2000 with enough time to make the
t-shirts before the con.  I am willing to supply some Web space for
displaying the logo designs.

I have not attended one a GZG con before, but I am interested in going.

Could someone please fill me in more about what to expect, number of games,
etc?

Mike

Michael Miserendino Senior Software Engineer Lincoln Re mtmiserendino@lnc.com

> owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU at internet 11/19/99 09:27AM >>>

I certainly seemed to have opened a flood gate on this one. ;->=

Ok, a few reality checks: Jon's is not the only Ground Zero going;
I know of a computer gaming company, and several local/region shops
including a small chain in my area (down the road in Omaha). I
think things specific to FT/SG/DS work better. At least, if we
can get at least tacit acceptance, we need the GZG logo.

Sayings are great, but you can get short ones lettered on a shirt. Costs an
arm and a leg, but it means you can tailor to your own tastes. A shirt with a
small logo on the front, and your own saying on the back is not unthinkable.
Heck, scribbled on with a laundry marker is possible.

We all know budding artists, and more than a few of the folks on the list can
at least make usable images with graphic packages. Everyone sit down an give
at least one of the ideas
a go, even if you have to try clip art. I know I will. ;->=

Now, I know a couple of folks are already making up shirts for
cons, and my second idea was this might be co-ordinated. Do you
want to take on the evaluation of a logo? Do you want someone whose artistic
taste can be summed up with the phrase 'all in his mouth'?

The_Beast

PS Couldn't resist:

***
> Izenberg, Noam" wrote:

A double fades I think would work great with that. One side has the bottom
half of a ship with a planet below it, the other side has the finger hovering
over the SMITE button.

-Gerald Clark
***

Yeah, but there could be a finger on planet, along the lines of the famous
'last act of defiance'.

[quoted original message omitted]

> From T.B.

Perhaps "Damn the Pulse Torpedoes! Full Thrust!"

Or perhaps: "Damn! Pulse Torpedoes. Full Thrust now!"

> Laserlight wrote:

> >>>From T.B.

> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Channing Faunce wrote:

> Or perhaps:

Maybe, but that's getting away from the original ACW line of "Damn the
torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" (Capt. (Adm.?) Farragut, USN, during the Battle
of Mobile Bay, AFAIK). (I do know that the 'torpedoes' he was referring to
were actually moored naval mines, which were referred to as
torpedoes until the locomotive torpedo (self-propelled) came along 15-20
years later...naval trivia for the day...)

I think "Damn the pulse torps! Full thrust!" is the best version,
personally. Most historically-minded wargamers will get the joke, and
it's a good slogan besides...

Brian
http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html

> Laserlight wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 04:29:22PM -0800, Brian Burger wrote:

And regular FT players will realize that it really means
you once more missed with all your PTs and need to get away _fast_.

> Or perhaps:

Rear Adm Farragut. More info (good overall historical) at:

     http://pigpen.itd.nps.gov/vick/visctr/sitebltn/farragut.htm

Mk

I always liked: "Helm: Full Thrust!" that has been used in our gaming group at
GenCon and PentaCon for years as an event title for a basic FT game. I think
Jeff Gullion was the first to use it. Jeff organized the events at GenCon for
quite a while and still helps.

Mike

Michael Miserendino Senior Software Engineer Lincoln Re mtmiserendino@lnc.com

> owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU at internet 11/22/99 07:29PM >>>

> Or perhaps:

Maybe, but that's getting away from the original ACW line of "Damn the
torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" (Capt. (Adm.?) Farragut, USN, during the Battle
of Mobile Bay, AFAIK). (I do know that the 'torpedoes' he was referring to
were actually moored naval mines, which were referred to as
torpedoes until the locomotive torpedo (self-propelled) came along 15-20
years later...naval trivia for the day...)

I think "Damn the pulse torps! Full thrust!" is the best version,
personally. Most historically-minded wargamers will get the joke, and
it's a good slogan besides...

Brian
http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html

> Laserlight wrote:

Well, I have mostly been just sitting on the sidelines for this issue -
but personally I liked the DP9 shirts. They were clean, easy to read, with a
good contrast. The front has the DP9 logo and webiste over the left breast
and the back lists their games in their individual stylistic text/logo.

I was just thinking the best might be the simplest. So putt GZG diagonally as
the logo with a short logo message above and a website location below. Then on
the back list the three games. The text will be in white on a black shirt and
black on a light gray shirt.