Alliance insignia inexplicably on a t-shirt

by Mike Schramm Aug 22nd 2008 at 1:00PM

Reader Vid is from Croatia ("the homeland of Niko Bellic from GTA IV," he says), and he sent us this t-shirt he found in his closet. He's had it for a few years, but just recently noticed the emblem sitting on the chest pocket -- if it makes you want to grab your sword and fight the Horde, you're right. It's a slimmed down version of the Human Kingdom of Lordaeron symbol (although most of Lordaeron is now held by the Forsaken, but no mind -- the blue and gold are a widespread symbol of the Alliance).

Of course, how that symbol ended up on a cruise t-shirt, Fordragon knows. If the Lordaeron insignia is a reference to any real symbol in real life, we couldn't find it. Vid says the patch wasn't added by him, and it's been on the shirt since he owned it. Interesting -- either someone at S&A is a Warcraft fan, or there's a real-world link here we're missing. That's a nice t-shirt you got there, cousin!

Tags: alliance, croatia, inexplicable, insignia, lordaeron, symbol, t-shirt

Filed under: Alliance, Human, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Humor, Lore, Factions, Fan art

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Pat Aug 22nd 2008 1:04PM

Looks fake to me.

Zuldim Aug 22nd 2008 1:10PM

I dunno.. Could be..

JDM Aug 25th 2008 3:23AM

Very fake, and that is not even a pocket, just a piece of cloth laid/tacked on.

schm0 Aug 22nd 2008 1:11PM

If you look closely, you can see a tattered border around the emblem. This doesn't appear anywhere else on the shirt, and even has a lighter tone than the rest of the shirt.

The other graphics on the shirt look to be original silk screen or some other printing technique.

It's either fake, staged or inexplicable. A little photoshop would have actually helped this look more realistic.

Buuty Aug 22nd 2008 1:15PM

Not a chest pocket. it's a patch.

Blayed Aug 22nd 2008 1:16PM

Would be simple enough just to check the stitching on the patch. It's not hard to tell home made from machine produced. On the off chance that he did stitch it on well enough to make it seem mass produced, well then think he deserves some credit for the effort anyways.

sephirah Aug 22nd 2008 1:37PM

Isn't there a photoshop plugin to do that border effect?

Verodio Aug 22nd 2008 1:40PM

I'd rather get punched in the nuts by a midget and t-bagged by his grandfather while I'm down then wear a shirt with an alliance symbol on it. I'll bet this guy was pissed when he recognized it.

bumble Aug 22nd 2008 2:05PM

"than"

Horde no gud wif dem big words, eh? :)

Badger Aug 22nd 2008 3:40PM

Nono, Bumble, I believe Verodio was stating this as a question of chronology. He would rather be physically and sexually assaulted *before* putting on his Alliance t-shirt, to spite his assailants. That's a sign of real dedication right there!

Vidi Aug 22nd 2008 1:49PM

an obvious fake not even worth reporting about.

But then again its Schramm the scam so what can you expect?

Darthregis Aug 22nd 2008 2:01PM

Yeah, it looks like a fake and was set up. Typical of the Alliance to create such deceit. ;)

And because no one else will, I'm also sending some feel-good vibes to Mike.

Kiukiu Aug 22nd 2008 3:22PM

I could see a stylised 'L' with a sword through it, sure. Randomly put on with a tattered patch around it and the rest of the emblem? Please...

To be fair, though, why anyone would WANT to fake being in the Alliance is quite far beyond any rational explanation.

Blackhorn Aug 22nd 2008 2:05PM

Why the hell do you people always shout fake so quickly?

Do you know what's less interesting than an entry about an old alliance symbol on a t-shirt? The people barking "FAKE! PHOTOSHOP!" as a kneejerk reaction.

What exactly do you think goes through people's brains?

"Hmm. I want 2.3 minutes of FAME on a very specialized blog site. What could I possibly do to earn that... OMG I KNOW! I'll PHOTOSHOP the Lordaeron emblem onto a photo of some random t-shirt in my closet. I'll be FAMOUS! People will remember my name, and tell my story to their grandkids!"

Do you know what's more likely? Some dude likes Warcraft and threw it into a t-shirt design knowing that the T-shirt would never be so popular as to draw attention and get him fired.

I put my goddamn face into the reflection map of an entire network's branding elements. Nobody even noticed until they printed full page ads in the newspaper. This kind of thing happens all the time. It's what people do.

Blackhorn Aug 22nd 2008 2:08PM

PS: If this were another "Jesus on Toast", that'd be a cause worth spending the time and effort to fake. It's not. It's Lordaeron on a T-shirt. Heck, if the guy HAD slapped the logo on their himself, I'm sure he'd be telling us that and selling us t-shirts, not claiming it was always there.