Gauging Interest: Camden Chat T-Shirts?
by Stacey on Mar 3, 2010 10:12 PM EST
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Hey y'all. Recently SB Nation partnered with Pro Blog Stores to provide a place where we can create and sell blog related merchandise. I honestly have no idea what the interest would be for something like this in the community so I'm throwing it out to the group. To get an idea of what other blogs are doing, here are a few that have already opened their stores:
Over The Monster
Hogs Haven
Baltimore Beatdown
Pop Off Valve
Once you're in the store you can use the sidebar to look at other blogs as well.
So my questions for you are:
- If there were Camden Chat t-shirts, would you be interested in buying them?
- If we decide to do Camden Chat t-shirts, would you be interested in helping to brainstorm ideas?
Even if there is just a bit of interest it doesn't hurt to create a few. But if everyone is like, "lame!" I'm not going to bother. Not to mention the fact that I'm not the most creative in the world and would need help with ideas. If there is enough interest, I was thinking we could have a post where people submit their suggestions and then we can vote on them. The top few designs (and you don't have to actually do the design, the Pro Blog Stores guys will do that) will get put into the store and I could toss a free t-shirt to the person who came up with the most popular idea.
What say you?
EDIT: The people have spoken, there is definitely enough interest to go forward with creating CC shirts. Continue to use this thread to submit your ideas and after the weekend I'll narrow them down, post a poll, and we'll figure out the best choices for the Camden Chat store.
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I'll wear one, for sure.
I just doubt I have the time to help out with designing/figuring out the details, sorry.
"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.
there needs to be another choice
cuz i probably wouldn’t wear one, but i dont think you guys are losers either.
Hmmmm
Is this just a way to get “Felix Pie is Adorable” t-shirts made?
"I'd like to do something. We all would here," he added. "As I've said before, you just don't want to do anything stupid that you're thinking in May, 'What in the God's green earth was I thinking about?'" - Andy MacPhail 12/8/09
I might wear a shirt saying...
3E1N: Catch the Fever! with a small www.camdenchat.com under it.
by daveh873 on Mar 3, 2010 11:08 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Every first tuesday of the month
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, so that my critics can kiss my a**!"
-Bobby Knight
or how bout one that says
“mentored by millwood” with a camden chat logo under it.
by Parkinglotninja on Mar 4, 2010 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
How about
“I’m in the best shape of my life!” with a cc url under it.
But we only sell the shirt in 2XL or bigger.
by daveh873 on Mar 4, 2010 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
ahahaha
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I voted for the first one.
No ideas right now.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Mar 3, 2010 11:08 PM EST reply actions
Sure, I'll buy one-- and wear it, too. In Russia, nobody knows you're a loser.
Or wait: In Russia, the T-shirt wears you.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
Oh, you have to have something ON it?
Hmm…
Camden Chat: Smarter Than We Look. Adn Type.
We Got Kristen: Wadda YOU Got?
My Other T-shirt Also Says Cito Cucks
Ferd Manfraud: The Color Man Bowie Deserves
Have A Nice Trip Back to Bahston, Asshol*s
Derek Jeter: The Poor Man’s Harold Baines
Sign Sid! Third Time’s the Charm
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
I have to say that re-reading all of these comments
I really enjoy, “My Other T-Shirt Also Says Cito Sucks.”
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
Yes!
with a checklist of injuries (maybe a top ten?) on the back.
“I have a:
*torn labrum
*oblique injury (whatever that is)
*sore back (from sleeping on the couch)
*sore shoulder (from shooting a TV commercial)
*nerve injury in the thumb
etc.
That's pretty clever, IMO
I’m sleep deprived and in my third airport in 18 hours, but I think that’s a good idea even if it has nothing to do with the site.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
My ideas tend to be more palatable
with a side order of jet lag.
I want a shirt!!!
“Out with the old, in with the Reimold”
Gettin’ miggy with it (which is great b/c if miggy sucks and Ty fills in- we could easily change the m to a w and get wiggy with it)
…by the way- I wouldn’t wear this shirt- I just thought it was fun to say
Earl:"I'm going back to the dugout to check my rule-book!" Umpire:"Earl, I have one right here." Earl:"That's no good, I don't read Braille."
Camden Chat: Deal With It
Camden Chat: Lunchboxing Losers Since 2005
Camden Chat: Yeah, We Outsource the Thread Mop-ups to Russia. It’s a Lot Cheaper.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
I wanted there to be a "Deal With It" option
so, well done, sir.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
That's the one to buy
So simple, yet captures our sarcasm and enthusiasm at the same time.
Camden Chat: Deal With It.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
by duck on Mar 4, 2010 8:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hopefully, Pwubbs didn’t copyright his signature phrase. I wonder if he checks back here despite his ban.
Bruce Springsteen rules.
I dunno if they would enforce it, but SB Nation owns the copyright
Terms of Use (which you read when you signed up, right?):
The content on the Sites (the "Content"), including without limitation, video, text, photos, and graphics, is protected under United States and international copyright laws, is subject to other intellectual property and proprietary rights and laws, and is owned by SBNation or its licensors. Other than with respect to your own User Submissions: (a) the Content may not be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold, offered for sale, or redistributed in any way without the prior written permission of SBNation and its applicable licensors; and (b) you must abide by all copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in or attached to any Content..
/not your lawyer, not legal advice
I'm pretty sure it would be considered a joint work
You and SBN together own the copyright to your submissions. So Pwubbs or SBN could make ‘deal with it’ shirts, but we probably couldnt without permission from one party.
I see
So it’s not like we both have to turn our keys? One of us can make a shirt that contains a self-authored submissions without the permission of SBNation?
Yea
Which is why John Russo was able to completely destroy a classic when he released “Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition”.
If you have not seen it, it’s the original NotLD with “new footage” at the beggining and end. It’s like if someone took the Mona Lisa and drew a pair of glasses and a mustache on her using crayon and then called it “bonus art”.
I thought NotLD
passed into the public domain and anyone could sell a copy of it. I could do some research but I am feeling lazy.
I don't think so
/not a lawyer
It clearly says
Other than with respect to your own User Submissions
So I think they’re saying the content is what is published by the site mods, not by users submitting their own comments and stories.
which is as it should be.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
content . . . including without limitation, text . . . is owned by SBNation or its licensors.
If i’m SBN’s lawyer, i’m arguing that covers everything put on the site, including comments and fanposts.
yes, that defines the Content
and then, it says,
Other than with respect to your own User Submissions: (a) the Content may not be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold, offered for sale, or redistributed in any way without the prior written permission of SBNation and its applicable licensors;
This would indicate that, even although your own User Submissions are defined as “Content”, they may be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold, offered for sale, or redistributed in any way without the prior written permission of SBNation and its applicable licensors be free
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
ignore last two words there, that's a mistake
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Not to mention
I’m sure SB Nation wouldn’t care even if it was theirs to protect. They’re going to be making money off of any t-shirts being sold I’m sure.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
Screw them
I’m gonna make some with my own printer and give them away for free*! FIGHT THE SYSTEM!
- I’m not actually going to do this
autoformatting strikes again
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
The key words there are "your own"
if all user submissions were not subject to some sort of SBN ownership, those words are unnecessary. This means you have a right to use content you provide, but no right to use content provided by others, consistent with the joint work model i suggested earlier.
ahh, i see
good point.
but then again, you’re a lawyer, and i’m not.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Camden Chat.
This.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I have no idea what that means
And yeah, I googled it.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
i think hes talkin about the stats
if it has uzr or some dumb shit like that on it, i’m burning mine.
All the shirts from Over the Monster (linked above)
were about 7WAR. Like: I’m a 7WAR player (in bed)
BLECHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Can there be a "Fabrum Bear" shirt?
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
granted..
..but it’s still my favorite in-joke from last year and given the chance to take it back I’d do it.
That was classic...
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
That one took some looking up
to find it’s origin. Credit to JP for the line and to some guy not on here anymore (30seven? I forget.) for making it into a joke.
Maybe we should have banned member inspired shirts
“Give me Pie or give me steroids”
“You don’t even KNOW what Camden Chat is!!!”
“Camden Chatters for John Gibbons”
They practically write themselves!
I like it
the second one is the best. Although O’s21Girl might be at a game and see someone wearing it and go totally apeshit. I think it’d be worth it, though.
We could each wear a different shirt featuring something hilarious she said
How many of us are there that are really active, 35? I’m sure we could come up with that many phrases.
Might need to keep it simple.
Front: 
Back: Orange stylized “DEAL WITH IT”
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
Or
we could just use the “Camden Chat” from that image and make them almost like jersey T’s.
by daveh873 on Mar 4, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i want something like that
cuz some asshole sitting in front of me had like FIVE markakis BP jerseys and i didnt get one
by twistedlogic on Mar 4, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Are you serious?
I went to that game too (with my dad, no less) and we didn’t get any either. I was just disappointed; now I’m pissed.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
If we do that, do we have to figure out the 40-man roster and assign everybody numbers?
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
or.....
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
by zknower on Mar 4, 2010 2:44 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
maybe the back should have a lunchbox on it?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
i like the idea of having the "camden chat" script over the left pocket on all the shirt fronts
but then having different options for the back.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
what does the bottom one refer too?
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
Fear The Turtle!!
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Mar 5, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
it was a cell phone commercial that ran ENDLESSLY a year or two ago
search for “dillweed” on the site, and you’ll see a lot of hits.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
by zknower on Mar 4, 2010 11:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, i'd have to take that out
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
yeah, but what a shame
because that kicks ass.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
We could also do one that says, “Fill me up, Buttercup!”
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
ha ha, having a good time, zk?
I dig this one. I dig all of them, actually.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
can you tell i'm trying to avoid mopping the kitchen?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Or that front with this on the back
Although, you know, not an exact copy from the Orioles website.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
by Stacey on Mar 5, 2010 1:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, that's AWESOME!!!!
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
that one i like
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
Fear The Turtle!!
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Mar 5, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
That looks sweet
but large bluck pictures like that usually come out pretty crappy on any shirts I have designed and ordered. Not to be a buzzkill or anything, just thought i’d throw in my 2 cents.
no, i think you're right
it’s better if we stay away from photos and stick to line art.
so maybe CC on the front pocket, and a variety of options on the back:
• DEAL WITH IT.
• We’re in the best shape of our life!
• Here’s your lunchbox.
etc….
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Oh I forgot one!
Camden Chat:
A Place For the Arrogant Orioles Fan
by daveh873 on Mar 4, 2010 11:42 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I like this
Wearing this, you’d be approached by two types of fans: CCers who get it and OHers who don’t. Both would probably greet you warmly.
what is this from?
I’ve seen it around but I think I missed its origin.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I think some Rays fan came on here and said "Not to be an arrogant Rays fan, but..."
And I found that hi-larious, so I started saying “Not to be an arrogant O’s fan, but…”. I know, using your own quote is lame, but too bad. I think it’s funny.
Here it is
Its starts 6 comments down
http://www.camdenchat.com/2009/4/10/830387/orioles-5-rays-4-skin-o-my-teeth#14010881
awesomeness.
what’s titov’s remark about SC all about. were you toeing the ban line?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Not really CC-centric
but I always wanted to make a shirt with a picture of a guy (done with a rubber stamp effect) holding his hat over his heart with “O!” in the Orioles font above him.
Or…
“Camden Chat: Where everyone’s Rick Dempsey’s nephew.”
Those were two separate ideas
not two different quotes to go above the picture. Because that would make no sense.
I love both of these ideas, actually.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
the first one is very cool.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
Fear The Turtle!!
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Mar 5, 2010 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
How about
Camden Chat: Where Jay Gibbons will always be our favourite Oriole
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
Camden Chat: You’ve Been Schooled!
Bruce Springsteen rules.
by birdman on Mar 4, 2010 2:51 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
There are some awesome ideas in here
I knew you guys wouldn’t let me down.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
How about
Camden Chat: BOOBS BOOBS PORN PORN JESSICA SIMPSON NAKED FREE PORN FREE PORN FREE PORN FREE PORN BOOBS FREE PORN TEABAGGING
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I haven't been a member for all that long
but I think “That’s what She said”, and “Let me google that for you” get used enough to make shirts from them. No idea on possible designs, I suck at anything artisitic.
"I wouldn't mind seeing someone erase my record of hitting into four triple plays" - Brooks
They are now.
"I wouldn't mind seeing someone erase my record of hitting into four triple plays" - Brooks
i see no reason we can't have those made if there's a demand
i thought about making a “that’s what She said” shirt. “LMGTFY” is a little less used.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
We LiKe CoOkInG tOo?
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
there's one of those above
except i said “love”, not “like”. will have to go back and see which one it is.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
It's LoVe
http://aflorioles.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/10/hey_everyone_its_been_about.html#comments
Brilliantly enough, fbi_evan starts with a lowercase i:
“i LoVe CoOkInG tOo”
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
Whoops
I figured someone would have posted that, but only briefly skimmed over the posts.
I’ll look it up later, but I’m sure there are probably a few other gems from Agent Evan.
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
How about..
Front: Camden Chat jersey logo, as other have suggested
Back: “O R I O L E S !”, terrible mis-spelled and repeated (see my replies for an example)
this literally made me LOL
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Here's one:
Felix 3.14159
(Camden Chat)
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Mar 5, 2010 11:46 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Or
I’m With Felix
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
Hahaha you would be
But we’d likely be the only two buyers.
I wish I was good at photoshop so that I could turn the Coco picture into a Felix one.
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
Well luckily I happen to be in charge :)
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
if we could find a good pic of felix, i might be able to do somethin'
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
?
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
that's great. but we'd need it a lot larger
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
here's a very slapdash mockup
like i said, we’d need a much better pic, and it would go through a bunch of refinements/revisions…..
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Hahahahaha that is awesome
I’m not sure I dig the background, but how can I make that my profile picture?
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
I changed it for you
There’s an “edit profile” button on your profile if you want to change it in the future. Sadly it cut off the side of the “I’m with Felix.” Not sure how to fix that, maybe zk could move the font a bit closer to Felix and that’d do the trick.
"It feels like home,’’ Pie said. "All my friends are here."
what kind of background would you like?
ed smith stadium?
an american flag?
jello wrestlers?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I think I'm just not digging the green
But honestly, it’s great, and I thank you for the fine work.
Also, the picture came from fansided, but I had the link bookmarked from awhile ago.
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
when i have some time, i'll work on this
whether it’s a t-shirt or not, we should have a good i’m with felix image.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Better pics
A friend of mine is a photographer and takes pictures at O’s games sometimes. I looked for some good ones of Felix but could only find these two that were of his face and not him swinging the bat or catching the ball or something. Don’t know if they’d work better.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amphotography21/3894807150/sizes/o/in/set-72157622275249460/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amphotography21/3477712449/sizes/o/in/set-72157617365878334/
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Also
where did you get the original pic? i’d love to find out who shot it and see if it can be found higher resolution.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Camden Chat: It's Always Next Year Here.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
brilliant.. seriously, i love it.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
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