I look forward to buying whatever shirt you replace this with. I only bought it to support Ryan's bride, with the shirt just being a bonus. Honestly, a better shirt honouring him would be appreciated, maybe with that olly moss drawing.
I'm not terribly sad at the loss of the shirt (it'd be an awkward thing to explain to the wife), but I would really, really like to be able to support Anna and the rest of Ryan's family in some way.
I'm not terribly sad at the loss of the shirt (it'd be an awkward thing to explain to the wife), but I would really, really like to be able to support Anna and the rest of Ryan's family in some way.
I understand people are sad about the loss of Ryan, but come on, it's not like he was part of a family living in absolute poverty. I think the outpouring of love is all the support they would have wanted.
I'm not terribly sad at the loss of the shirt (it'd be an awkward thing to explain to the wife), but I would really, really like to be able to support Anna and the rest of Ryan's family in some way.
I understand people are sad about the loss of Ryan, but come on, it's not like he was part of a family living in absolute poverty.
I'm not terribly sad at the loss of the shirt (it'd be an awkward thing to explain to the wife), but I would really, really like to be able to support Anna and the rest of Ryan's family in some way.
I understand people are sad about the loss of Ryan, but come on, it's not like he was part of a family living in absolute poverty. I think the outpouring of love is all the support they would have wanted.
I get what you're saying, but a modest funeral (like the one I went to last year) wound up costing $20,000. That's a lot of money for anyone, and it's still quite a financial hit if a family pools together the necessary funds.
@oldirtybearon: Not to mention a wedding the week before that probably wasn't cheap either.
I'm just going to make up some fantastic reason in my head for why they pulled the shirt. In order to placate myself. Like, for example, in Ryan's will he left all rights to his name and likeness to Nolan North. Any future attempts to sell property with the name or likeness of Ryan Davis must now be cleared by Nolan North. When Nolan heard about this, he said that this would not be allowed, because he is instead creating his own tribute shirt. That talks. In the voice of Nolan North. "We miss you Ryan."
I feel like the fact that they aren't being more forthright with their reasoning goes against what Giant Bomb has stood for in the past: transparency.
If discussing the reason behind it doesn't help Ryan's family or his friends then there's no need to for them to discuss it. We can not know something once.
I'm holding out hope for there being a China Don't Care reissue. Though, I'm starting to think helping Ryan's family won't be tied into a T-shirt anymore.
I'm not terribly sad at the loss of the shirt (it'd be an awkward thing to explain to the wife), but I would really, really like to be able to support Anna and the rest of Ryan's family in some way.
I understand people are sad about the loss of Ryan, but come on, it's not like he was part of a family living in absolute poverty.
That's kind of missing the point.
Not really, I just don't think the Davis family are some huge charity case people really need to be looking out for, however I do acknowledge funding both a wedding and a funeral in quick succession is both A) morbid and B) expensive.
@sooty: That's still missing the point. People aren't doing it because they believe they're in desperate need of charity, it's to show their support for the family of someone they cared about.
I look forward to buying whatever shirt you replace this with. I only bought it to support Ryan's bride, with the shirt just being a bonus. Honestly, a better shirt honouring him would be appreciated, maybe with that olly moss drawing.
That'd be the best. I'd love that.
Yes... I cannot wear a Fuck, Ryan Davis shirt around. I can wear this shirt
I'm not terribly sad at the loss of the shirt (it'd be an awkward thing to explain to the wife), but I would really, really like to be able to support Anna and the rest of Ryan's family in some way.
I understand people are sad about the loss of Ryan, but come on, it's not like he was part of a family living in absolute poverty.
That's kind of missing the point.
Not really, I just don't think the Davis family are some huge charity case people really need to be looking out for, however I do acknowledge funding both a wedding and a funeral in quick succession is both A) morbid and B) expensive.
I don't think anyone is suggesting that the Davis family wouldn't be able to handle it on their own, but people want to help if they can. It's a nice and possibly helpful gesture at a time when they are facing a high and unexpected cost for something truly tragic. If people want to provide them some financial support, it's nice when they can do so.
In light of this, maybe we could have a community contest for a shirt design? Everyone would go into it with the express understanding that it needed to be simple, perhaps two tone, and they waived any copyright to what they were designing. The designs would just be in honor of Ryan. People could vote on their favorites and the staff could choose whatever design they think will work best.
To me, it'd be a great big community ode to Ryan, and it would get us a shirt that people could buy to show support for Ryan's family at this time.
Hmm, wonder why this had to be cancelled. Can't be so simple as not enough supply as Rorie wont go into it, probably something more personal and inappropriate for public knowledge. Bummer man. I wouldn't be able to wear that shirt anyway.
Not to be a Negative Nancy, but I suppose to be a stereotypical message board poster, I was bummed out when the shirt was re-launched with the comma anyway. I was all set and ready to buy it until I saw that and decided it looked way too awkward to be happy owning.
Sorry your plans fell through, hope something more palatable to business concerns and my own tastes comes up later in the year. xoxo GB
It was probably something to do with the shirt distributors. Either way, I'll gladly wait for another way to support the Davis family and/or get a family version of a Ryan Davis tribute shirt.
Wow, Giant Bomb is about as transparent as big companies now-a-days :(
If you are going to be this petty about "transparency," then I guess you were probably both upset when Jeff wouldn't talk about why he was fired from Gamespot way back when too. Fact of the matter is they aren't at liberty to talk about everything all the time, and we don't always have to know every little detail of their operation. Assuming they are trying to hide something or that this somehow is damaging to their integrity is fucking stupid.
@lexus2jz: @godlyawesomeguy: And your money is being refunded. You have lost nothing. We know they can't do the shirt, and they aren't particularly happy about it either. They have said they will try to organize some other way to provide a service to help Ryan's family. What the fuck is cagey about this? Why is any other reason necessary? They haven't given us any reason to distrust them.
@bushpusherr: Jeff's termination was an in-house decision that really was none of anybody's business besides CBSi's and his. The only value we had stored up in Jeff was purely from watching him for so long, and that value is worth nothing. This shirt, on the other hand, many of use pre-paid for and are now randomly getting refunded without any explanation as to why. They didn't even stipulate such a decision with "legal reasons we are contractually obligated not to go into" or anything that would make us understand why they aren't elucidating on their decision. What we did get is that they simply won't explain and it reeks of them just being cagey for no particular reason other than to be cagey, and slightly dickish about it. Why? Who the hell knows! Why should we care? We only purchased the shirt with the intent of honoring Ryan and helping his family. They didn't have to go into detail, they could have given an outline, but instead the reasons they give are pretty much useless.
I'm going to go ahead and guess that Ryan's family are either uncomfortable with accepting the money or uncomfortable with the shirt itself. Those are pretty much the only two situations that make any sense, and in either case it's really none of our business.
There's absolutely nothing "dickish" about anything here except your comment. They are refunding your money, they have no obligations to you beyond that.
They should do CHINA DON'T MIND shirts!!! I think Ryan would love that as a joke coming from Norm and at the very least it's something different and at least CHINA DON'T CARE remains something unique. I unfortunately didn't get the chance to order the shirt the first time but we can always have one made anyway.
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