My Idea For You Guys

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My Idea For You Guys
Tweet Topic Started: Nov 6 2011, 05:52 AM (561 Views)
Breezy	Nov 7 2011, 11:38 AM Post #16
We all make choices. But in the end, our choices make us Posts: 2,868 Group: E Rank Legend Member #10,732 Joined: February 3, 2010 Game Currently Playing: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap	I think I love the place enough to sport a T-Shirt. I mean why not? It sounds so fun! As for donations, Im sure I could dish out some cash if we went with the idea. I mean, it doesnt have to big a big deal. Whoever wants a shirt or mug or whatever can ask for one and someone who is willing can make it and supply. It will probably be only a handful of us who would want some merchandise anyway.
	Where the hell is Final Fantasy X HD?!


Lord Master of Darkness™	Nov 7 2011, 12:22 PM Post #17
Posts: 6,570 Group: Former Monarchs Member #6,063 Joined: February 19, 2008 Xbox Live Gamertag: The Stig Pwnz Steam ID: mod1982	Sure they won't notice somebody trying to sell their stuff and make a profit out of it. But when they do, I guarantee it'll be lawsuit hell.
	Click to go to my YouTube channel - now over 1,200 subscribers! The Gaming MoD - a blog about gaming, by the Master of Darkness. Other links! Great comics currently in existence on SB(and my own, of course): \|Compensation\|~~Bar'd~~\|~~Park And Ride~~\|~~Sonic: Quest for the Chaos Energy~~\| Want your comic here? Make it a good one then! Where to find me on the net: \|~~Bleached Horizons~~\|~~Pitwall F1~~\|DevART\|


Neo Metallix	Nov 7 2011, 12:30 PM Post #18
~Doomsday Overlord~ Posts: 15,568 Group: =SB= Emperor Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: Doc_Of_D Game Currently Playing: Tales of Xillia	^ Any publicity is good publicity, right? hahaha j/k Yeah I know what you're saying MoD. It'd have to just be Lulz and Shack stuff since SB material can only be made and given away, not sold. Can't make a profit off of other people's work.
	Puncture the Porcupine, my fancharacter!


Lord Master of Darkness™	Nov 7 2011, 12:52 PM Post #19
Posts: 6,570 Group: Former Monarchs Member #6,063 Joined: February 19, 2008 Xbox Live Gamertag: The Stig Pwnz Steam ID: mod1982	And on that note, might I suggest a competition for a Sonic Blast logo that doesn't involve Sega IP? I don't think Sega can do shit all about the font, but characters are probably a no-no unless they're fan created. Which would be a entirely different topic in itself...
	Click to go to my YouTube channel - now over 1,200 subscribers! The Gaming MoD - a blog about gaming, by the Master of Darkness. Other links! Great comics currently in existence on SB(and my own, of course): \|Compensation\|~~Bar'd~~\|~~Park And Ride~~\|~~Sonic: Quest for the Chaos Energy~~\| Want your comic here? Make it a good one then! Where to find me on the net: \|~~Bleached Horizons~~\|~~Pitwall F1~~\|DevART\|


Neo Metallix	Mar 20 2013, 10:24 PM Post #20
~Doomsday Overlord~ Posts: 15,568 Group: =SB= Emperor Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: Doc_Of_D Game Currently Playing: Tales of Xillia	Master of Darkness™ Nov 6 2011, 03:27 PM Neo Metallix Nov 6 2011, 02:18 PM Making merchandise costs money. You'd have to have it made and then have a system that supports accepting money. I guess it wouldn't be too hard to make it but who would be holding onto all of the merchandise and where would the money go? Could use CafePress, and make it a non-profit gig. Or failing that, a small markup of say 1% to contribute towards the lovely domain name fees(y'know, that lil bitch that rears its ugly head every year ) - there's plenty of options. My main headache with this is the making and selling of... well, how do you sell Sonic Blast stuff without pissing off Sega? [goes to look at DevART to see how the 'tards over there sell their prints of Sonic fanart all the time] I recently remembered this topic and would like to bring it up for anyone who has knowledge of this. I know we can't sell our merchandise because of copyright(unless it's made in such a way that includes no references to Sonic) but can't you purchase the license to allow it? I mean there are lots of vendors on ebay/amazon that sell Sonic shirts, they must have gotten the license to sell them some how.
	Puncture the Porcupine, my fancharacter!


Agent LacenMC	Mar 20 2013, 11:50 PM Post #21
I don't know where I'm going. Posts: 1,155 Group: =SB= Website Deputy Member #293 Joined: November 26, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: BenLacen Xbox Live Gamertag: LacenMC 3DS Friend Code: 232063738346	These are the times I'm really proud that I have the amazing opportunity to work for a music promotion company. I actually feel useful now! The vendors of eBay and Amazon, or any vendor in general, aren't violating any law in selling the shirts because they bought it from the official vendors themselves. Risky business, really. You see this strategy used in big cities all the time. When it comes to merchandise, if you use logos, images, or sayings in a manner that suggests that your t-shirts are endorsed by or associated with the franchise, then you might violate trademark law. Sucks. I know. There are ways around this though. One of them being free distribution. Make what you want, with whatever trademarked character that you want, but don't sell it. That's key. Another thing people typically do is completely distort characters into a new art style that are based off the original artwork. Basing things off of other ideas isn't illegal. Band merchandise does this all the time. For example, you can refer to Same As Sunday's Mario Tee. Notice he's wearing Converse-like shoes, hair isn't black, and the hat doesn't have the trademarked "M". It has "SAS" instead. This something referred to as a mock-up design. Doing this isn't easy, but with a good artist it can be done. If any design were to go through as official merchandise, I can help whoever set up an account. Being part of a promotion company includes access to some pretty cool stuff, like clothing printing presses (; I think =SB= merch would be a great idea. Selling, maybe not...but a loyalty award? Member of the Month award? Certain amount of donation present? Internet raffle prize? Just tossing ideas around. Edited by LacenMC, Mar 20 2013, 11:52 PM.
	Facebook \| Twitter \| YouTube Hey there party people! I started a gaming YouTube channel! I'll be posting all my latest vids in the signature. Keep up with them! Sonic Crossroads 6 years ago, I began a fangame project called "Pure Shadow". I cancelled the project due to lack of time and other priorities. Now that I'm in college, and have loads of more time, I found the file and began to pick it up again. After refreshing my memory of all the coding put into the engine, I decided to use it to write a new project. Drawing out a new plot and new gimmicks for the project, I decided to rename this project called Sonic Crossroads. This project is going to be completed in Game Maker 8 PRO coded by myself and my friend who goes by the alias, MastaaFrederick. Because of our lack of experience in many aspects to increase enjoyability (such as music, artistry, animation, etc.), we want to develop a small team to work on this project. Anyone who is interested, please message me. On top of these things, we want to create a new antagonist for the story. We, MastaaFrederick and I, need a whole new character concept. We want the most creative fan character we can find, and create a sprite sheet for this character. We would like to find a character via messenger. Demo for the fangame coming soon.


Lord Pianta	Mar 21 2013, 04:11 AM Post #22
Il Piantissimo Posts: 3,320 Group: Former Monarchs Member #9,741 Joined: February 7, 2009 Gender: Male Nintendo ID: Piantab	It's a good idea but not very realistic. What about shipping costs? People like me who live in Europe or UK would be difficult to give gifts to because of the high shipping costs - at least I'm assuming it's high, guessing it'll be send from America, too.
	last.fm \| MAL


Josh the hedgehog	Mar 21 2013, 10:15 AM Post #23
Those who do good, do... Posts: 2,450 Group: S Rank Hero Member #12,907 Joined: April 24, 2012 Playstation Network ID: joshyboist Xbox Live Gamertag: starlighter XX	this seems like a good idea, but who would handle all the merchandise, ship it around to the other members AND wouldn't it require people to register where they live?
	Betrayal is a dangerous thing... "In my world...It's kill or be killed..." -Josh "Better run, coward..."-Sinistar


Agent LacenMC	Mar 21 2013, 10:57 AM Post #24
I don't know where I'm going. Posts: 1,155 Group: =SB= Website Deputy Member #293 Joined: November 26, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: BenLacen Xbox Live Gamertag: LacenMC 3DS Friend Code: 232063738346	Josh the hedgehog Mar 21 2013, 10:15 AM this seems like a good idea, but who would handle all the merchandise, ship it around to the other members AND wouldn't it require people to register where they live? Distribution of apparel, or any form of merchandise, would be managed by the =SB= staff members themselves, I imagine. An online merchant account on some sort of website will suffice (i.e Big Cartel, Amazon, eBay, etc.). Customers would indeed have to expose various information, including names and addresses, but that goes without saying. If a member were to purchase something, exposure of their personal information won't be an issue. We all have usernames. Our real names will be hidden, just like our card information when one makes a purchase. The hosting merch site will take care of that itself. The security is at its prime, so there's not much to worry about. The only issue is the distribution of the merchandise. The staff can get together in their staff forum and discuss it amongst themselves though. This is all up to Metallix and the rest of the crew though. I was just answering Metallix's question. If they were to approve of the idea though, I can see big things going for =SB=.
	Facebook \| Twitter \| YouTube Hey there party people! I started a gaming YouTube channel! I'll be posting all my latest vids in the signature. Keep up with them! Sonic Crossroads 6 years ago, I began a fangame project called "Pure Shadow". I cancelled the project due to lack of time and other priorities. Now that I'm in college, and have loads of more time, I found the file and began to pick it up again. After refreshing my memory of all the coding put into the engine, I decided to use it to write a new project. Drawing out a new plot and new gimmicks for the project, I decided to rename this project called Sonic Crossroads. This project is going to be completed in Game Maker 8 PRO coded by myself and my friend who goes by the alias, MastaaFrederick. Because of our lack of experience in many aspects to increase enjoyability (such as music, artistry, animation, etc.), we want to develop a small team to work on this project. Anyone who is interested, please message me. On top of these things, we want to create a new antagonist for the story. We, MastaaFrederick and I, need a whole new character concept. We want the most creative fan character we can find, and create a sprite sheet for this character. We would like to find a character via messenger. Demo for the fangame coming soon.


Breakfast Princess	Mar 24 2013, 08:17 AM Post #25
The most important meal of the day Posts: 1,763 Group: S Rank Hero Member #11,251 Joined: July 20, 2010 Gender: Female Country: Brazil Xbox Live Gamertag: AngelSpartaness 3DS Friend Code: 061945741822 Nintendo ID: AngelSpartaness Game Currently Playing: Kameo: Elements of Power	I had nearly forgotten that I ever brought this up ^_^; But I'm still willing to make this a (personal) project if it ends up going anywhere. (And by personal, I don't mean by myself XD)



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