The 2006 Joystiq t-shirt

can you show some of the runner ups?

I'll admit it wasn't my first choice - but now it's been chosen I'm very happy it was! Great work Phil!

Sorry about the lack of the link, Pandlcg. here:

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/05/joystiq-t-shirt-contest-finalists/

That's pretty sick, nice modern design. Only thing im wondering is what godzira' has to do with joystiq, but the fact that he integrated the ping pong paddles and ball like that is pretty sweet nonetheless.

A domestic DS Lite? Like from North America? I assume he won't get it until it's released over here, then?

That was the best shirt of the bunch. Nice pick.

(wondering if anyone else notices the resemblance to the Imperial Japan flag that Joystiq loves but others hate)

not my personal favorite but a good shirt indeed. I will be bootlegging all finalists to undermine your sales...lol

Baba: we've banned use of that flag on the site, even though it is still in current use by the Japanese Navy.

Thanks for keeping an eye on us, though. We have Korean and Chinese writers on the staff of Weblogs Inc. We're not insensitive to the atrocities of World War II, but the rays of the sun are a popular design motif that is larger than that conflict.


Josh: domestic means domestic! Your assumption is correct.

Joystiq you big fat sons of yahoos! The winner doesn't even follow the rules! Rule number 5 is "the design must incorporate the Joystiq logo"! Screw you!

Link: the design does incorporate the logo. We never said that the design couldn't PLAY WITH the logo. This design is quite playful, and the logo is there.

YES! This was my first choice! AWESOME.

Haha, you managed to incorporate part of that Japanese nationalist flag everyone was bitching you out over in there.

Well crap, now that I read reply number 8 by vc I feel like a jerk. Accept my apology.

No worries, Paul.

JOYSTIO ?

Someone tell me WTF a JOYSTIO is....

Congrats Philip... great design. Good job Joystiq.

Great comment, Freq.

This was one of my favorites. Nice choice.

My favorite. But 150 shirts on Ebay? Them shits better be Buy It Now.

Wasn't the designs supposed to have only two colors? Just asking...

They definitely will be, Shad!

#16 Actually, it's "Joystia"...

For for those of you about to defend the design, be realistic and be professional. This IS either an oversight or a poor design choice, and Philip or Joystiq should take the original files and fix this before the t-shirts are pressed.

I've been working for various graphic design firms for 7 years, and personally, I like the design, but that "q" should definitely be altered.

Don't worry, we'll fix the Q. Already talking to Philip about it!

*sigh* godzillastiq ... and i hoping to be able to buy an awesome joystiq t-shirt to show off ... guess not, this design is just bleh. you guys should have had a vote or something to decide the final t-shirt logo. it should have been #12 (http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/04/joystiq_tshirt_entry_finalist13.jpg) or definately #14 (http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/04/joystiq_tshirt_entry_finalist15.jpg), you know, something that would have instantly registered as "joystiq!" or "games!" not "godzilla!".

I agree, don't really like the design.

#14 had too many IP violations. (Same for the Katamari one everyone loved.)
#12 had too few supporters in the thread.

It was a tough call. We chose this because it has design and sass.

- v

I guess we'll have to start associating Godzilla with our beloved Joystiq... I hope Japan doesn't mind we are ripping off their mascot. But it wouldn't be the first time Japanese flee from me in terror. At least I can blame it on the shirt and the scary Godzilla print.

Uhm, is there anyway to have more than one shirt available. Uhm, yeah, sorry, I just don't need a Godzilla shirt right now. It's a little pass?IMO.

That is the one I didn't want to win. Sorry, I'm not buying it.

I like the winning design, it is very Japanese.

As I sit here in my pixelante shirt, why 1) are you selling them on ebay, and 2) not making all of them available like the pixelante people did?

It's all soooooo subjective and joystiq knows that it won't be able to please everyone. Kudos to Phil for a great design and Vlad for the replies.

This is a t-shirt design. Joystiq is not re-branding themselves or changing their identity. There will be 200 of these on the entire planet. You don't have to associate Joystiq with Godzilla. Those of you who never acquire one of these shirts will forget this contest ever happened in a matter of weeks.

I don't really like it either, I'd really like a bold, clear title that people can clearly read as "This Is A Joystiq Teeshirt". I don't think there's anything about this teeshirt that instantly identifies it as Joystiq. You can't really easily make out the logo without coming right up to the chest. There are tee-shirts that capitalise on that sort of thing, but that's a completely different kettle of fish ;-)

It's a great piece of art, but it's pretty useless as a teeshirt for me. I'll keep my "Touch Me" DS teeshirt until a better one comes along.

I am very disappointed in the choice. I don't get the godzilla/joystiq connection nor the godzilla/gaming connection. boooooooo and hisssss!

I agreen with Gin. Either #12 or #14 would've been my choice. #10 and #11 were nice too. WTH is going on, Joystiq?!?

how much will they be? are you guys going to ship to Australia

if they arent by it now you are going to be reaping in the cash

I will only buy this shirt if, on the back, there is a Katamari that has rolled up 'zilla and the logo and the towers and the crowd

"Those of you who never acquire one of these shirts will forget this contest ever happened in a matter of weeks."

Then why did they have it? Can't be to promote Joystiq, then. Just a spot of fun?

i..just dont get it...

apparently the point of this shirt was *not* to attract to people to joystiq.com...

For the love of God, please make more than just 200!!!

Some responses: "apparently the point of this shirt was *not* to attract to people to joystiq.com..."

We didn't want a shirt that was too literal. We could have just put a logo and the URL on a shirt, but that wouldn't have been quite so fun to wear.

This is more of an item of clothing for the insider who knows and reads the blog.

Q: how much will they be?

Probably around $15 USD.


Q: are you guys going to ship to Australia

Sure. Shipping to Australia costs more, however. Just FYI.

"I will only buy this shirt if, on the back, there is a Katamari that has rolled up 'zilla and the logo and the towers and the crowd"

Many of us loved the Katamari shirt, but we don't want to get sued.

"I don't get the godzilla/joystiq connection nor the godzilla/gaming connection."

We didn't want something so literal. That isn't godzilla, by the way. =)

Q: why are you selling them on ebay?

Because it's easy. We're not an ecommerce site, and eBay's software makes selling stuff easy.


Q: why are you not making all of them available like the pixelante people did?

Because we want to reserve some for staff (that's people who write for Joystiq) to wear, and we want to reserve some to give away as prizes to readers who make particularly valid comments and so on.

"For the love of God, please make more than just 200!!!"

We'd love to, but it's expensive. This is known as the too much/too little problem. If we make too many, we're stuck with extra. If we make too few, not enough people get one.

Plus, we want ownership of one of these to mean something -- if we made thousands, anybody could get one...

Wow that’s a bummer that they are only going to print 200, I was hoping I would be able to buy one so I could wear it and see if I bumped into people that would recognize what it is and where its from, but I guess that might not happen =(

So now I must ask

Can I use some of the designs and print out my own since you guys are only making a limited quantity?

The funny thing is that I visit this site regularly, like 4+ times a day and it took this article to get me post something.

First of all sorry for the double post

"This is known as the too much/too little problem. If we make too many, we're stuck with extra. If we make too few, not enough people get one."

There is a easy way around this problem, all you have to do before printing the shirts is make a short preorder period for lets say 1-5 business days(it could be like a "limited time" thing). During those days people that want the shirt submit their order and by the end of the 5 days you will have the number of shirts you should order. You guys will not loose any money whatsoever because the shirts will all be payed for during preorder.

I thought this contest was limited to 2 colors only. That's is definitely 3 colors. You can't make that dark blue by mixing orange and link blue and u can't make that light blue by using a percentage of that dark blue. Seems kinda unfair to those you actually did use only 2 colors... that is if the contest was limited to 2 colors.

Danny: the contest rules are here: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/01/design-the-joystiq-t-shirt-and-win-something/

They clearly state that 3 colors are allowed.

"There is a easy way around this problem, all you have to do before printing the shirts is make a short preorder period for lets say 1-5 business days(it could be like a "limited time" thing). During those days people that want the shirt submit their order and by the end of the 5 days you will have the number of shirts you should order."

eBay can't handle preorder. How do you propose we actually authorize credit cards during this period?

We're not a sophisticated e-commerce site. We're writers about video games.

I have worked in e-commerce. It's a friggin nightmare to do preorder work without a solid commerce engine.

I see your point, you could try pay-pal (im not really familiar with it) or the old fasion way with moneyorders (but that will slow the process down a lot) but i guess you win, i cant seem to think of another way

I like it, but it's very "Attack of the Show". I liked the one with all the joysticks put together better, because it seemed a little more unique and went better with the name "Joystiq". Still, it's a nice design that I'll proudly display on my chest, like the walking billboard advertisement that I am. Kudos to Philip!

"How do you propose we actually authorize credit cards during this period?"

Paypal works well for this. When I sold shirts for The Juicy Cerebellum way back in the day, I took pre-orders by accepting checks in the mail. That was a big pain, and I wouldn't recommend it. But what about Paypal? Just a suggestion for next time.