Got my Shirt from TonyV

[Randomvector]

Well, I was the one who bought the 3 werewolves shirt on the Realworld Hero Auction and it arrived yesterday.

Thanks Tony. Now I have to decide if I am going to wear that or my AP33 shirt for the end.

[Mr. Wentworth]

Congrats! And thank you for donating in the Real World Hero auction. Did you get Tony to send it to you Keetsie style?

[Randomvector]

No because I don't know what that is.

[TonyV]

Ha ha!  It was a joke based on a reference from one of the Coffee Talks.  They told the story about how when they went to a convention, Keetsie "Tunnel Rat" Braz da Cunha only got one shirt while everyone else got several (since the convention lasted several days).  Not knowing that she was supposed to get multiple shirts, she wore the same shirt for several convention days in a row and, by the end, smelled a bit ripe.

I had made the comment to Mr. Wentworth that for an extra $20 donation, I'd ship it to the winner "Keetsie-style," that is, I'd wear it for several days and sleep in it before mailing it so that you'd get the true essence of Tony with your item.  In the end, since you didn't specifically request it, I shipped it new condition, never worn.  :)

And I'm glad you like it, and thanks a TON for supporting Real World Hero!  As I mentioned in the blurb, I got the shirt at the Super Secret CoH: Freedom Focus Group Meeting™ held in May 2011 (which, incidentally, was a prelude to the Player Summits).  Paragon Studios generously flew me out to Mountain View, California and put me up at the Crowne Plaza hotel.  The shirt was included in addition to a swag bag, and they made a special point of telling us that those were the last shirts from the first order of them.  They eventually did order more to give out at one of the Player Summits, but in the next run, they put the CoH: Freedom logo on it instead of the old CoH logo.  In my mind, that makes that one a bit more collectible, as I think there are only a very few of them out there.  (There were around 24 other people at the focus group, and they gave a few away as prizes and maybe a convention.)  And if it makes it any more collectible, I'll throw in the fact that it was personally handed to me by the Goddess Avatea.

[Randomvector]

Heh. As much as I love what Titan networks has done, I don't think I need the "Essence" of TonyV in my house.
My Children might disapprove.

Thank you so much for the shirt. :) Think as it is unworn I will go with my AP33 shirt tonight and save the other one for posterity.

And, Tony, Would you mind if I sent you a thank you card?

[Quinch]

Heh. As much as I love what Titan networks has done, I don't think I need the "Essence" of TonyV in my house.

But think about how much it would go for on the auction house!

[TonyV]

And, Tony, Would you mind if I sent you a thank you card?

You kinda just did.  :)