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Which quote would you like an Apolyton T-Shirt have on?
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You have unleashed a horde of barbarians! 17 13.49%
Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS! 24 19.05%
Consequences, schmonsequences! 8 6.35%
Sire, your fame now exceeds even that of Dan Quayle 8 6.35%
I civ therefore I am 15 11.90%
Get Civilized 27 21.43%
I got :banned: on Apolyton, but I it! 3 2.38%
Just one more post.... 8 6.35%
You know you've played too much Civ when you wear a t-shirt like this 16 12.70%
Total: 126 voters 100%
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Lancer is offline Lancer
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Apr 1999
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  Old Post 05-08-2001 11:30
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Sounds good Mark, I agree that communicates. Without the exclamation mark sounds good too.

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I wish that you could set up the poll so one could rank each selection so that if your first choice doesn't make it, then perhaps a second or third choice could. Is there a way to "weight" the choices? There were a few choices I feel equally about, but could only choose one. I think there are other who also feel this way. Maybe even a run off vote with the lower 25% pecentile being delted from the choices every month until the chioce has to be decided upon?

BTW, 1st choice : "Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!"
2nd choice : "You have unleashed a horde of barbarians!"
3rd choice : "Sire, your fame now exceeds even that of Dan Quayle"

My 3rd choice is just because some kid is going to ask "Who's Dan Quayle?"

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Zopperoni is offline Zopperoni
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  Old Post 05-08-2001 19:40
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quote:
Originally posted by Snapcase
Get Civilized. But not with the exclamation mark. Just the period. The exclamamtion mark sounds too eager, and the "@" addendum sounds way too nerdy. "Get Civilized" sounds cool.


Agreed!

Zopperoni is offline Zopperoni
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  Old Post 05-08-2001 19:42
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quote:
Originally posted by ADG
Could someone please explain this one:

I CIV therefore I am

I just don't get it, it really sounds like childrens language???


Civo Ergo Sum

Dr.Oogkloot is offline Dr.Oogkloot
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Jul 2000
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  Old Post 05-08-2001 19:48
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Bleh. I think both "I Civ therefore I am" and "Get civilized" sound bland and unoriginal.
"Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!" on the other hand had me laughing out loud.

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quote:
Originally posted by Zopper
Civo Ergo Sum


Ehhhmmm...Sure...what does that mean?

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  Old Post 05-08-2001 19:54
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr.Oogkloot
Bleh. I think both "I Civ therefore I am" and "Get civilized" sound bland and unoriginal.
"Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!" on the other hand had me laughing out loud.


You're right! I think I'll (If I just could ) Change my vote to "Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!" instead, that sounds more like Civilization

Mercator is offline Mercator
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Or what about...

Sire, your fame now exceeds even that of Dan Qui... erm, Quayle
That adds a nice Apolyton flavoured inside joke/word-play/whatever.

Who the hell is Dan Quayle anyway.

Bereta_Eder is offline Bereta_Eder
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Oct 2000
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Originally posted by Wernazuma III


Now this explains lots

I can't believe that the less interesting slogan seems to make it. "Get civilized!" could be on any T-Shirt, not only on that of Civvers.


But Get Civilized has this tongue in cheek double meaning and it's full of metaphores (not to mention some kind of irony) and it fits like a glove to civ and the tips about civ in this site

some of the other slogans are either too blant, too forward or too specific (like insider's jokes that noone gets - besides the enlightened ones of course ).

Mercator is offline Mercator
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I´m not really in favour of the civilization game text lines (i.e. 1 to 4).

DinoDoc is offline DinoDoc
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I can't believe that you people forgot to put this choice quote up for the vote: I have the leadership abilities of a canteloupe!

Waku is offline Waku
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Nov 2000
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  Old Post 05-08-2001 22:36 Visit Waku's homepage!
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Put an end to popups!

T-Shirts? schmonT-shirts!

MarkG is offline MarkG
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! removed from the "get civilized" option

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I CIV therefore I am...

Yeah I feel like being a dork and walking around school in that. I would be damn proud to wear that, actually!

Zopperoni is offline Zopperoni
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SandMonkey...your avatar is my spraypaint in CS...

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quote:
Originally posted by MarkG
a big semi-visible(=light gray) "apolyton.net" will be behind the quote anyway...


I'm liking the "Get Civilized" with Apolyton.net in the background. This gets at both time devouring activities: playing Civ and posting on ACS!!!

BTW THE T-SHIRTS ARE FINALLY GOING TO BE A REALITY!!!

Spekter is offline Spekter
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Jan 2000
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  Old Post 06-08-2001 02:37
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I'm betting Markos is going to do the top 3. Either that or we're going to be seeing another poll with only 3 choices in the near future.

And just in case Mercator isn't totally trolling, Dan Quayle was George Bush's (the first one, not W.) vice president. He was known for being a complete idiot, proving once again that in the good old USA, good looks, a straight white smile, and connections with the Bush family can take you farther than you really have any right to go (either that or he had pictures of Bush senior doing something foul ).

Mercator is offline Mercator
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Thanks, Spekter! I wasn´t trolling. Since I got Civ1 I´ve always been wondering who that bugger was. I knew he must´ve been American and not a U.S. president, but apart from that...

By the way, I wasn´t equating DanQ with Dan Quayle (as in being equally stupid or something), of course.

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  Old Post 06-08-2001 04:19
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I voted for "You have unleashed a horde of barbarians!"
but I like too
"Get Civilized",
"You know you've played too much Civ when you wear a t-shirt like this",
"Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!".

I agree that first and last are too much related to inside game (version 2) quote, so they have some limit to gain a large appeal.

"You know you've played too much Civ when you wear a t-shirt like this" is a bit too long, but I wear a XXXL size anyway, hence plenty of available space, so size does matter sometime

"Get Civilized" with a www.apolyton.com on the background can be very good for a larger audience (I'm in favour of a more explicit "www." prefixed URL: you know anyone now understand it's a web address, geek or not )

Duckman is offline Duckman
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With regard to the votes, Get Civilized is obvious. But if you considered making T-shirts to really get a giggle out of other Apolytonites out there:

"Gee Mrs. Johnson. Can Timmy log on to play?"

"No. Bloodlust is not the new Bronson movie."

"Happiness is a Wonder"

"Awe Mom! I clean my room on the next turn!"

You know, something that only envokes a short giggle from maybe one out of every 1000 people you meet.

TCO is offline TCO
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Markos, make it tasteful and not too geeky. I really liked the version that ACOLkittty showed.

If you have to go with a geeky version, please also make a non-geeky (understated) version. And offer both. You said you would have multiple products...and there will be a lot of people like me who prefer the understated version.

And use some decent shirts. All the t-shirts I've bought overseas have been really lousy (don't even like to go running in them). Remember this site is comprised of poor HS and college students and overpaid 30somethings like me and Sten. Make sure you have both a good quality/understated/expensive product as well as a cheaper/more gaudy/less quality version.

Ummm...and I would pay decent money for a nice polo shirt (good material!!) that had a small, understated Apolyton logo...

TCO is offline TCO
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What I mean is: we need a "none" selection...

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we cant offer variations of quality. only variations in the "content" of the t-shirt....

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  Old Post 06-08-2001 10:32
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Since I don't play Civ, I picked "just one more post" I also tend to agree with GP in that a plain version with just Apolyton should be offered since not all the people here play Civ. There is a thriving AC community here and it would be nice to see it represented.



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quote:
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we cant offer variations of quality. only variations in the "content" of the t-shirt....


Huh??? Why not? Anyhoo, make the polo shirt of nice material...

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quote:
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Hey Markos.

How about :

PBEM games lasts forever


And ever.....and ever.....and...

Worth every moment, though

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THE POLL WILL BE CLOSED ON MIDNIGHT TODAY, VOTE NOW!!!!

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quote:
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Since I don't play Civ...
There is a thriving AC community here and it would be nice to see it represented.



LOL
OK, don't take me wrong but I'm laughing...
Until now I have never thought SMAC <b>not</b> to be a Civ-game. Since if you look at the history it isn't that hard to see were SMAC comes from.

So hope you'll excuse me, but IMHO SMAC is a Civ-game.
And Apolyton doesn't have CTP either mentioned... It too comes from Civ. So isit so hard to just have an Civ-game? (Oh, and do try the Civ-games sometime)

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oh, and something else:

WE WILL BE USING MORE THAT ONE QUOTE, SO ALL VOTES COUNT!!

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quote:
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WE WILL BE USING MORE THAT ONE QUOTE, SO ALL VOTES COUNT!!


Haven't you learned that shouting isn't considered polite?

Question: Will there be
a) several quotes on the T-shirt
b) different T-shirt models with one quote per T-shirt
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