AO ARMY t-shirts, design almost complete! critisize it!

[BigEvil]

On the back I think it should say
"CHOP THIS!"

[tyrion2323]

I agree that it's stupid to delete posts which criticize a product in that product's CRITICIZE ME thread...

I'd be interested in an AO shirt, but I'm not interested in an AGG copy of HK.

[hAppy]

So, uh, wait. He asked for criticism, we provided it, then our posts got deleted.

/me looks back and sees AO of.. well, 1/05..

Your criticism was stupid to begin with.

Actually, I wonder which came first. The HK Army or Toms use of the "AO Army". Here is a quote from Tom almost 3 years ago now...

[-=Squid=-]

I wouldn't buy one, simply because "Army" is heavily used in paintball right now, and is becoming quite hackneyed. I have a Plastic Factory Army, Bulge Army, and HKArmy shirt, and don't want another.

This also seems a tad hypocritical; think of all the anti-agg/HK posters here, doesn't this nearly promote them?

I dunno... I think you could come up with something more original or fitting.

Don't get me wrong; I don't support HK. I support the agg style, but not HK. HK has become to engrossed in money for me to support an organization like this. However, in their defense I must bring up the issue in regards to who came first. HK has been around for about two years to my knowlege, probably longer, and has been known as the HKArmy during said duration, while, personally, I have never seen anybody make anymore than a sideways reference to AO as the "AO Army." Until it says Automags Army on the top, it didn't come first.

[quik]

So, uh, wait. He asked for criticism, we provided it, then our posts got deleted.

/me looks back and sees AO of.. well, 1/05..

You first critisized it, and then you started an arguement about which 'army' came first. I asked Q to delete your useless posts, obviously he thought that all were fitting.

[frop]

Mmmm, tasty. I'd pick up a few, that is if I ever have some cash to spare

[okiTony]

I would get it

I would get one probably. Are you going to have a small print on the front and a big print on the back?

[tyrion2323]

Here are my thoughts on the design:

It's nothing special. It doesn't capture the "essence" of AO in any real way. Teufelheunden was right when he pointed out that it looks like a cheap way to capitalize off of the success of the HK Army.

I'd be much more impressed with a shirt which actually represented AO. I like the hex-design, but the "messy typewriter" font is so overused, it just seems like it's trying too hard. Try to find some universal quality about AO that most members can really relate to and recognize. Not only do I think the shirt seems unlike AO, but it seems to embody a culture which a large portion of our members dislike.

What about a fragmented hex-design encompassing a simple "AO" text?