WoW T-Shirt Fail

SwagDog, makers of Warcraft-themed clothing and sponsor of WoW.com's Guild of the Month contest, has released a new t-shirt design that I must say that is quite a bit sexier than what I've seen from the company thus far. Alex Z. of WoW.com does a good job of detailing why this new T is "better" than the others, and it basically comes down to simplicity. They've chosen to ditch a lot of the clutter that made the other T style a bit too distracting, including a banner graphic and icons for a player's faction, battlegroup, and class. They've even chosen to remove a letter or two from class descriptions, making them take up less space as well.

Wait... what?! That can't be right...

An astute commenter over at WoW.com, named Captn Obvious, noticed that the T-shirt being worn by SwagDog's current covergirl (who is getting a lot of attention in the comments herself) has a not-so-obvious error being advertised to the WoW populace.

If you look carefully at the class section of the T, you'll notice that Deathknight is misspelled as "Deathnight," which has prompted some criticism from world leaders and politicians (read: players and commenters) alike. Commenter Elearen even goes so far as to attack SwagDog's love for the game, stating in not so many words that their disinterest in WoW is about as obvious as their blonde model's dark roots. Okay, so that's exaggerated a bit, but the message is roughly the same, kinda...

While this whole thing is a total and complete T-shirt and marketing fail, I personally don't see this as a big deal at all. SwagDog does some seriously good work, and if you've ever been over to their site and created a hoodie, t-shirt, or hat, you already know that. We all make type-os typos every now and then, and I very much doubt that anyone will receive an item from SwagDog with a mistake of this magnitude printed on it. And especially not after being alerted to the problem, am I right?

So order up without worry, as I likely will. I may get one for my wife too, just so I can walk downtown Seattle showing that even a nerdy guy like me can score a hottie that plays WoW. Sure, she has only logged in for a total of 3 minutes in the last year or so, BUT IT HAPPENED, okay? Let me have my moment.


And apparently, judging by the facial expressions of the SwagDog models sporting the new Ts, you can have yours too.

Happy ordering. =P

P.S. - Dear SwagDog, WTB new style in hoodie form pls. Kthx.