[mockery]

When we met with Blizzard at their headquarters the day before BlizzCon, I couldn't stop staring at Lead World Designer Leonard Boyarsky's amazing Diablo 3 rainbow t-shirt:



It's obviously a tongue-in-cheek response to all the fans who believed the new game was going to be too bright and colorful, but these shirts were only made in short supply for the Diablo 3 development team. I was crushed to learn this because the moment I saw it, a little voice in the back of my head said, "If there's one thing I need to leave BlizzCon 2008 with, it's that t-shirt!" Leonard and Jay Wilson claimed that they weren't planning on releasing the t-shirt because they worried some fans wouldn't appreciate the lighthearted treatment of a game like Diablo. Personally, I think the shirt is hilarious and want to see it made available to the public. I like to think that all of you share the same sense of humor.

Well, during our meeting I promised them that I would conduct a poll for all the Diablo fans to vote on because I had a feeling most of you would agree that this shirt needs to go up for sale or, at the very least, be included with some Diablo 3 Collector's Edition set when the game is finally released.

So the time has come to voice your opinions about it. If you want the Diablo 3 rainbow t-shirt to be made available for purchase, please show your support for it by replying to this thread and voting in our poll! If enough of us show our support for it, we just might have a Diablo 3 rainbow t-shirt (ponies and happy clouds 'n all) as a part of our future wardrobes.


(pictured above from left to right: Leonard Boyarsky, Jay Wilson and Micah [Bashiok])

[Trapsin]

I'd buy two.

[Arekusu]

This shirt is fantastic. Hopefully it'll come with a d3 collector's edition or something so we can get it in New Zealand.

[DiabolicFire]

the idea of wearing it ..., it's undescribable

just that :)

[svus]

Hell Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw one of the devs at blizzcon wearing one and was hoping they would go one sale.

[silver_wings]

I wanna pown demons but at the same time show my soft side xD

[okok9]

i wanna d3.. ;)

[Farmrush]

If it came in black, absolutely.

[kefka666333abc123]

Id pay a lot for that LOL pretty sad when you think about it :P

[Diablo Frog]

No, but it is awesome and hilarious!

I would buy a Diablo hoodie with the original Firey logo from the title-screen of Diablo1 though!

[Aussensaiter]

In for the shirt!

[Djinn_690]

The color just doesn't cut it for me.

I do want to see a plain black shirt with the three stripes on it and Diablo's skull face sort of showing through the stripes.

[naksucow]

ha ha, being a structural engineer myself, I think i would like the shirt that Jay is wearing as well.

[Siaynoq]

I have mixed feelings about that Rainbow shirt Jay Wilson wore at Blizzcon. Yeah, it was mildly funny. And I understood his feelings about many of the unfair criticisms of Diablo 3 so far, but I also think there were many fair criticisms that he grouped with the unfair ones and dismissed them all outright.

[mahamoti]

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Leonard and Jay Wilson claimed that they weren't planning on releasing the t-shirt because they worried some fans wouldn't appreciate the lighthearted treatment of a game like Diablo. Personally, I think the shirt is hilarious and want to see it made available to the public. I like to think that all of you share the same sense of humor.

I agree with you, it is very funny when your favorite hellish game franchise is taken over and turned into a cute cuddly world lacking in darkness, contrast, grit, which are replaced with colorful effects and rainbows. It is even more funny when fans complain, and the designers give them a big middle finger by creating a T shirt to show just how little they are about fan opinions, which they wear to all public events. The only thing funnier is that the designers dont think releasing the T shirt to the masses would make it any more public than wearing it to every press conference.

[loesr]

I think it's hilarious, and I was one of the petition signers!

If you are going to be vocal enough to sound your opinion, you should be able to take a little shot back, especially one so funny.

You should always be able to laugh at yourself.

[milanv]

mahamoti said:

I agree with you, it is very funny when your favorite hellish game franchise is taken over and turned into a cute cuddly world lacking in darkness, contrast, grit, which are replaced with colorful effects and rainbows. It is even more funny when fans complain, and the designers give them a big middle finger by creating a T shirt to show just how little they are about fan opinions, which they wear to all public events. The only thing funnier is that the designers dont think releasing the T shirt to the masses would make it any more public than wearing it to every press conference.

and what about those fans that like the style? are we not fans? you would please yourself and the minority just because of your needs? but hey, look at the big picture. blizz doesn't care about YOUR opinion, they care about the MASSES opinion.

[Murderface]

I would literally eat my own heart for one of those.

[SinoftheworlD]

Give!!! i mock those unbeliveing D3 haters!!!!

[Eldius]

It's hilarious, however I wouldn't see myself ever wearing it. Still, that's not to say that the option shouldn't be there.