I do support Layonara, though frequently it hasn't been as much or as often I'd like. Though I'd contend it's still cuttin' the mustard. I've been spending a lot on travelling, and as much as I'd like to have great excuses like growing up in Sudan and paying for the one opportunity to attend a 'western' college by cutting down to one half a meal a day.... that obviously isn't the case. I quit my job because I didn't ethically agree with where I was pushing money, and now I'm trying to spend sparingly because my wife is making more then me, since I'm once again playing the broke but priviledged climbing guide, and I don't want the video game battle to erupt.
Anyhow, that's not why I'm posting.
I'm posting in regard to the t-shirts.
I think they're a great style. I'm no fashion expert but I live in a fairly hip little town, and lived in San Fran, Boston, and Stuttgart prior to that.... and it all looks like modern style shirts to me.
I hate to say it but the reason I'm going to refrain from buying one is because I won't wear it. Not because of the style or anything, but because I don't want to explain to people I know what "Layonara" or "Mist" means. It's a small town, and video games aren't necessarily the means of advertising to get ahead if you're moving laterally into positions where you're going to be in charge of the people you see in the coffee shop every wednesday. It ain' like living in the bay area where you can pretty much guarantee you'll only see one professional acquaintance a day.
I'm not saying video games are bad. And I don't have pride issues with where I spend my time. But I'm assuming that a significant percentage of folks with the financial capability to purchase these on a whim may not desire direct association with 'gaming'. So... my solution would be abstract references, or simply non-man-with-flaming-sword-on-dragon-back artwork. I think you may pick up some sales this way, but hey, I could be way off base.
I mean, in the small community I'm in, let's take just the local guiding companies, if you buy a sweatshirt down in Huaraz Peru, it will somehow be considered 'uncool' if it says 'Alpamayo' (name of a mountain) on it, but will somehow be considered cool if it contains some abstract and unidentifiable reference to it that nobody but someone who's climbed the mountain will understand.
And once I figure that one out I'll be the coolest kid on the block. <--self-deprecation.
Re: Why do you not support Layonara financially?
I do support Layonara, though frequently it hasn't been as much or as often I'd like. Though I'd contend it's still cuttin' the mustard. I've been spending a lot on travelling, and as much as I'd like to have great excuses like growing up in Sudan and paying for the one opportunity to attend a 'western' college by cutting down to one half a meal a day.... that obviously isn't the case. I quit my job because I didn't ethically agree with where I was pushing money, and now I'm trying to spend sparingly because my wife is making more then me, since I'm once again playing the broke but priviledged climbing guide, and I don't want the video game battle to erupt.
Anyhow, that's not why I'm posting.
I'm posting in regard to the t-shirts.
I think they're a great style. I'm no fashion expert but I live in a fairly hip little town, and lived in San Fran, Boston, and Stuttgart prior to that.... and it all looks like modern style shirts to me.
I hate to say it but the reason I'm going to refrain from buying one is because I won't wear it. Not because of the style or anything, but because I don't want to explain to people I know what "Layonara" or "Mist" means. It's a small town, and video games aren't necessarily the means of advertising to get ahead if you're moving laterally into positions where you're going to be in charge of the people you see in the coffee shop every wednesday. It ain' like living in the bay area where you can pretty much guarantee you'll only see one professional acquaintance a day.
I'm not saying video games are bad. And I don't have pride issues with where I spend my time. But I'm assuming that a significant percentage of folks with the financial capability to purchase these on a whim may not desire direct association with 'gaming'. So... my solution would be abstract references, or simply non-man-with-flaming-sword-on-dragon-back artwork. I think you may pick up some sales this way, but hey, I could be way off base.
I mean, in the small community I'm in, let's take just the local guiding companies, if you buy a sweatshirt down in Huaraz Peru, it will somehow be considered 'uncool' if it says 'Alpamayo' (name of a mountain) on it, but will somehow be considered cool if it contains some abstract and unidentifiable reference to it that nobody but someone who's climbed the mountain will understand.
And once I figure that one out I'll be the coolest kid on the block. <--self-deprecation.
Honestly though, there may be something to it.