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Recondite Sixteen: Bittersweet

Recondite is my article, and is supposed to be weekly (though it is never released on a schedule) and is usually a whole lot of crazy rants, stories, poll comments, and links.

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Poll Comments

Here are the top 5 comments for poll 114, Who is the laziest staff member?:

5) I would say me, as I am so lazy, I'm not even part of the staff.

4) Guess what? You're right, we're not tired of them yet! BANANAS! Banana-madness! Banana-mania!

3) Good Lord, since not a single person can get any lazier, it has to be a tie

2) TAL: Total Ambition Lacking

1) You're all lazy! But there really isn't much to do is there?

Here are the top 5 comments for poll 115, Would you be interested in buying Dink Network merchandise?:

5) Absolutely! I recommend making pencil cases, audio cds and t-shirts.you'll never find out who i am

4) If it were on GBA for instance, I'd be all over that...right after getting a GBA that is...

3) A t-shirt with dans face on it isn't right, maybe a banana

2) What? Can we buy redink1's banana?

1) Would there be any Super Hero WC underwear available? Or perhaps some used Tal chewing gum.

The Dink Network Store Plans

Now hear me out, I think its a good idea.

Basically, there is a good chance that we will start selling Dink Network merchandise soon, like posters, t-shirts, coffee cups, frisbees, coasters, mouse pads, etc. Now, this normally wouldn't seem like a good idea... in all likelihood, there isn't much demand for these items, and we surely wouldn't recoup the initial investment to make them.

Actually, this is a zero-investment plan. I just upload an image, click a few links, and tada, people from all over the world can buy a Coffee Mug that says "WC ownz j00". I obviously wouldn't get rich off of this, so why do it?

1) All profits would go directly for things related to The Dink Network. For example, the money could be used to help pay for things such as the domain name (dinksmallwood.net, which is $35 a year), and to sponsor contests with real prizes.

2) To provide a nice selection of contest prizes. Like for the next D-Mod contest, maybe the prize would be your choice of a T-Shirt from the store.

So if we sell like 1 item a week, and we make about $2 off every item, then we can sponsor a contest every two months or so.

Also, the quality on the items should be pretty good... 300 dpi professional printing.

So what do you think?

Also, this isn't a definate thing... we still need a real logo (which we're working on) and we need to ask Seth's permission. Even if the logo didn't include any of the original graphics (and it most likely wouldn't; the T-Shirts and such would be extremely pixelated if that were the case) it would still be considered a derivative work, and require permission.

Links

Washington D.C. Sniper: Kinda scary...

Acclaim paying for speeding tickets in the UK: Now this just boggles the mind, how a corporation would encourage people to break the law for the sake of advertisement. But heck, Acclaim is the same company who wanted to advertise games on tombstones, payed someone to name their kid Turok, and payed someone else to wait outside a store for 3 months waiting for Turok Evolution.

World's Funniest Joke: Eh, its ok.

E-mail is evil: Basically, this guy cheats on his fiancee while talking to her on the phone and watching TV. So e-mails his buddies from work about it, and his buddies forward it to everyone. And he basically gets away with it... This just happened over the past week.

Blue Man runs for US Senate: Y2K-paranoid man takes some funky chemical, turns blue, runs for Senate. No, I'm not joking...

A Next Generation Diablo-type RPG: Heck, even Kat would be an ace at this game

Soccer: Your not supposed to touch the ball with your hands!

Space Mario: Seth Robinson's latest game.

I predict Tal is going to move to Sweden: so he can watch TV all day Saturday... no, not for the Saturday morning cartoons...