Alliance insignia inexplicably on a t-shirt
Aug 22nd, 2008
Of course, how that symbol ended up on a cruise t-shirt, Fordragon knows. If the Lordaeron insignia is a reference to any real symbol in real life, we couldn't find it. Vid says the patch wasn't added by him, and it's been on the shirt since he owned it. Interesting -- either someone at S&A is a Warcraft fan, or there's a real-world link here we're missing. That's a nice t-shirt you got there, cousin!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
8-22-2008 @ 1:04PM
Pat said...
Looks fake to me.
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8-22-2008 @ 1:10PM
Zuldim said...
I dunno.. Could be..
8-25-2008 @ 3:23AM
JDM said...
Very fake, and that is not even a pocket, just a piece of cloth laid/tacked on.
8-22-2008 @ 1:11PM
schm0 said...
If you look closely, you can see a tattered border around the emblem. This doesn't appear anywhere else on the shirt, and even has a lighter tone than the rest of the shirt.
The other graphics on the shirt look to be original silk screen or some other printing technique.
It's either fake, staged or inexplicable. A little photoshop would have actually helped this look more realistic.
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8-22-2008 @ 1:15PM
Buuty said...
Not a chest pocket. it's a patch.
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8-22-2008 @ 1:16PM
Blayed said...
Would be simple enough just to check the stitching on the patch. It's not hard to tell home made from machine produced. On the off chance that he did stitch it on well enough to make it seem mass produced, well then think he deserves some credit for the effort anyways.
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8-22-2008 @ 1:37PM
sephirah said...
Isn't there a photoshop plugin to do that border effect?
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8-22-2008 @ 1:40PM
Verodio said...
I'd rather get punched in the nuts by a midget and t-bagged by his grandfather while I'm down then wear a shirt with an alliance symbol on it. I'll bet this guy was pissed when he recognized it.
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8-22-2008 @ 2:05PM
bumble said...
"than"
Horde no gud wif dem big words, eh? :)
8-22-2008 @ 3:40PM
Badger said...
Nono, Bumble, I believe Verodio was stating this as a question of chronology. He would rather be physically and sexually assaulted *before* putting on his Alliance t-shirt, to spite his assailants. That's a sign of real dedication right there!
8-22-2008 @ 1:49PM
Vidi said...
an obvious fake not even worth reporting about.
But then again its Schramm the scam so what can you expect?
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8-22-2008 @ 2:01PM
Darthregis said...
Yeah, it looks like a fake and was set up. Typical of the Alliance to create such deceit. ;)
And because no one else will, I'm also sending some feel-good vibes to Mike.
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8-22-2008 @ 3:22PM
Kiukiu said...
I could see a stylised 'L' with a sword through it, sure. Randomly put on with a tattered patch around it and the rest of the emblem? Please...
To be fair, though, why anyone would WANT to fake being in the Alliance is quite far beyond any rational explanation.
8-22-2008 @ 2:05PM
Blackhorn said...
Why the hell do you people always shout fake so quickly?
Do you know what's less interesting than an entry about an old alliance symbol on a t-shirt? The people barking "FAKE! PHOTOSHOP!" as a kneejerk reaction.
What exactly do you think goes through people's brains?
"Hmm. I want 2.3 minutes of FAME on a very specialized blog site. What could I possibly do to earn that... OMG I KNOW! I'll PHOTOSHOP the Lordaeron emblem onto a photo of some random t-shirt in my closet. I'll be FAMOUS! People will remember my name, and tell my story to their grandkids!"
Do you know what's more likely? Some dude likes Warcraft and threw it into a t-shirt design knowing that the T-shirt would never be so popular as to draw attention and get him fired.
I put my goddamn face into the reflection map of an entire network's branding elements. Nobody even noticed until they printed full page ads in the newspaper. This kind of thing happens all the time. It's what people do.
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8-22-2008 @ 2:08PM
Blackhorn said...
PS: If this were another "Jesus on Toast", that'd be a cause worth spending the time and effort to fake. It's not. It's Lordaeron on a T-shirt. Heck, if the guy HAD slapped the logo on their himself, I'm sure he'd be telling us that and selling us t-shirts, not claiming it was always there.
8-22-2008 @ 2:12PM
Taylor said...
lol, your comment was hilarious because you're so naive. People are and should be yelling "fake" very quickly because it is a VERY obvious fake. No reason for discussion even.
8-22-2008 @ 5:18PM
Eddy said...
More likely than that? The symbol is either unrelated or unconsciously stolen.
8-22-2008 @ 3:22PM
therandar said...
i just want to thank you all for living up to your stereotypes, i dont like being suprised this early in the day anyway.
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8-22-2008 @ 3:50PM
Milktub said...
I agree with Blackhorn. It may be a fake, but it's just as likely that the designer for that t-shirt design was either a WoW fan who tossed that in, or was just grabbing various bits of art and shape that appealed to him.
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8-22-2008 @ 4:06PM
jorelius said...
Fact: Everyone on the internet is a forensic digital photography expert
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